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The Animal Translators

Scientists are using machine learning to eavesdrop on naked mole rats, fruit bats, crows and whales — and to communicate back. August 30, 2022, The New York Times. more

Friend Or Foe? Naked Mole Rats Can Tell By A Unique Squeak

NPR, January 28, 2021 Image credits: © Felix Petermann, MDC more

Like humans, naked mole-rats have regional accents

Popular Science, 25. Feb. 2021 Image: © Felix Petermann, MDC more

Naked Mole Rats Speak Dialects Unique to Their Colonies

Smithsonian Magazine, 04. Feb. 2021 more

Naked Mole Rat Colonies Have Their Own Unique Dialects

The Scientist, 04. Feb. 2021 more

NPR, Short Wave podcast. 07. Apr. 2021: “What’s in A Squeak? For Naked Mole Rats…EVERYTHING!”

Transcript of the podcast:
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/971873781

Science Podcast, 28. Jan. 2021: Calculating the social cost of carbon and listening to mole rat chirps

Alison Barker, a postdoctoral researcher at the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, talks with Sarah about the sounds of naked mole rats.

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