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Short Summer course HOVO Rotterdam

Early this Summer I will be giving a short course on animal communication and language research with animals at the Summer Academy of Higher Education for Older People (HOVO) Rotterdam at Erasmus University Rotterdam. It will consist of 4 lessons. … Continue reading

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Registration for new Hovo courses now open!

In 2011 I will be presenting my course Communicatie en taal bij dieren at still further institutes of the Hoger Onderwijs Voor Ouderen – HOVO (Higher Education for older people). My course on the many wonders of animal communication and … Continue reading

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First course at Higher Education for older people

This Autumn I will be giving my first course for an institution of the Higher Education for older people (Hoger Onderwijs Voor Ouderen – HOVO). Hovo Rotterdam (which is part of the Erasmus University of Rotterdam) is the lucky one … Continue reading

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Interesting research on the alarm calls of prairie dogs

Last Wednesday BBC2’s Natural World documentary series had an intriguing programme called “Prairie dogs, talk of the town,” dedicated to the communication of prairie dogs. Prairie dogs are not dogs, but rodents. They belong to the squirrel family and live … Continue reading

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