SGU Episode 42

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SGU Episode 42
May 10th 2006
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SGU 41                      SGU 43
Skeptical Rogues
S: Steven Novella
B: Bob Novella
R: Rebecca Watson
J: Jay Novella
P: Perry DeAngelis
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ES: Eugenie Scott
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Introduction

You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.

Science or Fiction (1:03:17)

Item #1: Bottlenose dolphins appear to have names and identify themselves to other dolphins by this signature sound. Item #2: Studies with European starlings indicate that they understand a basic rule of grammar previously thought to be unique to humans. Item #3: Primatologists studying the proto-language of the rhesus macaque have discovered their vocabulary basic mathematical concepts such as numbers and operations.

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