Natural History Wanderings

The New York Times reports

Researchers say that kangaroos are the first wild animals to exhibit interspecies communication that is more commonly seen in animals that have evolved alongside humans.

Kangaroos can communicate with humans similar to the way dogs, horses and goats do despite never having been domesticated.

The study suggests a higher level of intelligence in the Australian marsupials than had been assumed.

Read article at ‘A Social Species’: How Kangaroos Communicate With People