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Help Me, Human! Researchers Claim Kangaroos Can Communicate With People

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Kangaroos are capable of communicating with humans, new research finds

Fans of the classic television show Skippy may have fantasised about having a kangaroo friend they could talk to growing up, but it turns out the concept might not be so far-fetched after all. A new study has found that kangaroos are capable of intentionally communicating with humans, meaning the animal has a higher cognitive function than previously thought. Researchers from the University of Sydney and the University of Roehampton in London presented kangaroos with a task which would require the help of humans to see how they would communicate. The kangaroos were presented with food locked inside a sealed box which they were unable to open, and their behaviour with the researchers was then observed.

What s that Skip? Researchers say kangaroos can communicate with people

“Some of them actually approached him and started scratching at him and sniffing at him and then looking back at the box so they were really trying to communicate with him,” Green said. This “gaze” has been observed in other animals when asking humans for help, but lead author Dr Alan McElligott said generally that was true only for those that had been domesticated for hundreds of years. “Indeed, kangaroos showed a very similar pattern of behaviour we have seen in dogs, horses and even goats when put to the same test.” Green said the study added to the idea that interspecies communication could be learned by any creature with enough brainpower.

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