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Interspecies communication is communication between different species of animals, plants, fungi or bacteria. ==Mutualism== Cooperative interspecies communication implies the sharing and understanding of information from two or more species that work towards the benefit of both species (mutualism). Since the 1970s, primatologist Sue Savage-Rumbaugh has been working with primates at Georgia State University's Language Research Center (LRC), and more recently, the Iowa Primate Learning Sanctuary. In 1985, using lexigram symbols, a keyboard and monitor, and other computer technology, Savage-Rumbaugh began her groundbreaking work with Kanzi, a male bonobo (P. paniscus). Her research has made significant contributions to a growing body of work in sociobiology studying language learning in non-human primates and exploring the role of language and communication as an evolutionary mechanism. Koko, a lowland gorilla, began learning a modified American Sign Language as an infant, when Francine "Penny" Patterson, Ph.D., started working with her in 1975. Thirty-some years later, Penny and Koko continue to work together at the Gorilla Foundation in one of the longest interspecies communication studies ever conducted, the only one with gorillas. Koko now has a vocabulary of over 1000 signs, and understands even more spoken English.〔()〕 On April 26, 1998, Koko the gorilla gave an AOL live chat. Sign language was used to relay to Koko questions from the online audience of 7,811 AOL members, the fifth most popular chat in AOL's history. The following is an excerpts from the live chat. :HaloMyBaby: ...MInyKitty asks Koko are you going to have a baby in the future? :LiveKOKO: Pink :DrPPatrsn: We've had earlier discussion about colors today :LiveKOKO: Listen, Koko loves eat :HaloMyBaby: Me too! :DrPPatrsn: What about a baby? She's thinking... :LiveKOKO: Unattention :DrPPatrsn: She covered her face with her hands....which means it's not happening, basically, or it hasn't happened yet. :LiveKOKO: I don't see it. :HaloMyBaby: That's sad! :DrPPatrsn: In other words, she hasn't had one yet, and she doesn't see it happening. She needs several females and one male to have a family. In our setting it really isn't possible for her to have a baby. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Interspecies communication」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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