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A Bid to Lure Wolves With a Digital Call of the Wild
nytimes.com — One of the most famous sounds in nature is going digital....scientists are betting that the famous call-and-response among wolves can be used to count and keep track of the animals. Tricked by technology, scientists say, wolves will answer what amounts to a roll call triggered by a remotely placed speaker-recorder system called Howlbox.
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- NightcrawlerX, on 03/20/2008, -0/+1nature tricked by technology?
- Mootabolife, on 03/20/2008, -0/+1The wolves will play us right back and change their numbers.
- Hincapie, on 03/20/2008, -0/+1we need to outsmart animals now? don't get it. strange.so long as we're not killing them i guess its ok. maybe
- t3rmv3locity, on 03/20/2008, -0/+1Wow even specialized biology research equipment has cool web 2.0 names like pandora, digg, etc...
- stonebear, on 03/20/2008, -0/+2This program is based largely on the work of maverick wolf researcher Shaun Ellis:
A Man Among Wolves
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/mana ...
http://www.mininova.org/tor/1042878 - moghua, on 03/20/2008, -0/+1Hmm, I guess I'll have to be careful to keep my german shepherd out of the park. She habitually howls back at just about anything.. police sirens, house alarms, etc.
- supermanred, on 03/20/2008, -0/+1Why would anyone want to "lure" wolves. If I lived anywhere near wolves, I'd rather have a loudspeaker that broadcasted "***** off or I will shoot you, wolf." in wolf language...
- mikejclark, on 03/21/2008, -1/+0And the point of doing this is? Please dont say its to help the wolves some how cause If so Im calling the BS flag.
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