Macaques take turns while chattering
Japanese monkeys mimic conversational call-and-response pauses of humans
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CHATTY MACAQUES Researchers recorded vocal exchanges between wild Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) and found that the monkeys avoid chattering over one another; they take turns and adjust their response times much like humans do.
Noriko Katsu