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CULTURESt. Louis Post-Dispatch·22h ago

Singing lemurs may use a soprano-like trick to project songs

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Research suggests singing lemurs in Madagascar use a soprano-like vocal technique to project their songs. By opening their mouths wider for higher notes, they tune their vocal tracts similarly to trained human singers.

Lemurs open mouths wider when singing higher notes. They may tune vocal tract as trained human singers do. Lemurs sing to mark their territories in Madagascar.

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