Monkey Accents
Researchers in Japan have found that monkeys from different regions speak with different accents. According to this article from the Associated Press, the findings show that monkeys from the mountainous, forested region on Yakushima island have a voice tone that is 110Hz higher than monkeys of the same species from the Mount Ohira region in central Japan. Why? Because the trees are taller and more dense on Yakushima island, so the monkeys’ voices have adapted to carry through the trees more clearly.
Now we need science to tell us what the voice tone is for the famed monkey of the San Francisco lowlands. We’ve always suspected that the steady diet of Mexican food and Chinese black tea has an effect on the voice tone of the lowland primate, so maybe we’ll finally put that theory to rest.
