Photo: Monkeys Use Baby Talk With Infants



Puerto Rico's female rhesus monkeys make unique vocalizations when they spot infants of other females, a new study says.

The sounds are similar to "motherese," the high-pitched, sing-song noises human mothers around the world use to communicate with their babies.

Photograph by James Warwick/Getty Images

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