Monkeys adopt ‘accent’ of other species when in shared territory – study

Brazilian Amazon primates found to adapt their calls to get along better with their neighbours

Monkeys will use the accent" of another species when they enter its territory to enhance communication, much like a British person living in the US might forgo their tomahto' for tomayto, researchers have found.

Researchers investigated the behaviour of 15 groups of two roughly squirrel-sized primate species in the Brazilian Amazon: pied tamarins (Saguinus bicolor) and red-handed tamarins (Saguinus midas).