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Animal Language

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5: Raspers and Scrapers
Using sophisticated recording equipment, researchers have discovered that a multitude of hard-bodied invertebrates communicate with sound. John Mercer , University
College, Galway; Ken Norris ,
University of California at Santa Cruz; David Pye , University College, London, and George Uetz , University of Cincinnati, eavesdrop on the underwater conversations of spiny lobsters, ghost crabs, snapping shrimps and caddis fly larvae, and the 'love calls' of spiders.
Narrator David Attenborough Written and produced by MICHAEL BRIGHT
BBC Bristol Stereo

Contributors

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John Mercer
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Ken Norris
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David Pye
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George Uetz
Narrator:
David Attenborough

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