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This photo provided by Jessica McLachlan shows a fairy-wren. Scientists have discovered that birds can learn to recognize alarm calls of other species, essentially by learning to eavesdrop in a second language. The Australian songbird called the fairy wren isn’t born knowing other birds’ chirps, but it can learn to recognize a few “words”. In a paper published Thursday, August 2, 2018,  in the journal Current Biology, scientists explained how they taught the birds the distress calls of other species.(Photo by Jessica McLachlan via AP Photo)

This photo provided by Jessica McLachlan shows a fairy-wren. Scientists have discovered that birds can learn to recognize alarm calls of other species, essentially by learning to eavesdrop in a second language. The Australian songbird called the fairy wren isn’t born knowing other birds’ chirps, but it can learn to recognize a few “words”. In a paper published Thursday, August 2, 2018, in the journal Current Biology, scientists explained how they taught the birds the distress calls of other species.(Photo by Jessica McLachlan via AP Photo)



Stella, right, and newest addition, brother Beau, left, make an appearance as the Philadelphia Zoo as they celebrate the 8th birthday of a female giraffe named Abigail on Thursday, July 26, 2018, in Philadelphia. (Photo by David Maialetti/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP Photo)

Stella, right, and newest addition, brother Beau, left, make an appearance as the Philadelphia Zoo as they celebrate the 8th birthday of a female giraffe named Abigail on Thursday, July 26, 2018, in Philadelphia. (Photo by David Maialetti/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP Photo)



A picture taken on July 28, 2018 shows gannets' heads on the German island “Helgoland”, northern Germany. (Photo by Patrik Stollarz/AFP Photo)

A picture taken on July 28, 2018 shows gannets' heads on the German island “Helgoland”, northern Germany. (Photo by Patrik Stollarz/AFP Photo)



In this June 2, 2018 photo, greyhounds swim for exercise at the Macau Yat Yuen Canidrome in Macau. Asia’s only legally regulated greyhound racetrack, a centerpiece of Macau's gaming tourism history, is to shut its doors in July, 2018. After rallying for years to shut the Canidrome, notorious for cruel conditions, animal right groups are now seeking to find homes for 533 greyhounds abandoned in kennels on the premises. (Photo by Kin Cheung/AP Photo)

In this June 2, 2018 photo, greyhounds swim for exercise at the Macau Yat Yuen Canidrome in Macau. Asia’s only legally regulated greyhound racetrack, a centerpiece of Macau's gaming tourism history, is to shut its doors in July, 2018. After rallying for years to shut the Canidrome, notorious for cruel conditions, animal right groups are now seeking to find homes for 533 greyhounds abandoned in kennels on the premises. (Photo by Kin Cheung/AP Photo)



In this March 24, 2018, photo, greyhounds race at the Macau Yat Yuen Canidrome in Macau. (Photo by Kin Cheung/AP Photo)

In this March 24, 2018, photo, greyhounds race at the Macau Yat Yuen Canidrome in Macau. (Photo by Kin Cheung/AP Photo)



This picture taken on July 26, 2018 shows greyhounds inside kennels at the shut down Canidrome Club in Macau, which was Asia's only legal dog-racing track. First opened in 1931, the track's closure on July 21, 2018 was a victory for those who had spent years criticising its treatment of the animals. (Photo by Philip Fong/AFP Photo)

This picture taken on July 26, 2018 shows greyhounds inside kennels at the shut down Canidrome Club in Macau, which was Asia's only legal dog-racing track. First opened in 1931, the track's closure on July 21, 2018 was a victory for those who had spent years criticising its treatment of the animals. (Photo by Philip Fong/AFP Photo)



Elephants of Cirkus Arene are cooled off with a water spreaded by local firefighters in Gilleleje, Denmark, 02 August 2018. A spell of heat weather is going through Europe with temperatures over 30 degrees Celsius. (Photo by Mads Claus Rasmussen/EPA/EFE)

Elephants of Cirkus Arene are cooled off with a water spreaded by local firefighters in Gilleleje, Denmark, 02 August 2018. A spell of heat weather is going through Europe with temperatures over 30 degrees Celsius. (Photo by Mads Claus Rasmussen/EPA/EFE)



This handout photo taken in 1982 and released on July 30, 2018 by the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS – Centre national de la recherche scientifique) shows a two- million- strong king penguin colony on Ile aux Cochon, part of France’s Iles Crozet archipelago, situated roughly half way between the southern tip of Africa and Antarctica The world' s largest colony of king penguin has declined by nearly 90 percent in three decades, alarmed researchers said on July 30, 2018. The last time scientists set foot on France' s remote Ile aux Cochons the island was blanketed by two million of the flightless birds, which stand about a metre (three feet) tall. (Photo by Henri Weimerskirch/AFP Photo)

This handout photo taken in 1982 and released on July 30, 2018 by the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS – Centre national de la recherche scientifique) shows a two- million- strong king penguin colony on Ile aux Cochon, part of France’s Iles Crozet archipelago, situated roughly half way between the southern tip of Africa and Antarctica The world' s largest colony of king penguin has declined by nearly 90 percent in three decades, alarmed researchers said on July 30, 2018. The last time scientists set foot on France' s remote Ile aux Cochons the island was blanketed by two million of the flightless birds, which stand about a metre (three feet) tall. (Photo by Henri Weimerskirch/AFP Photo)



A horse rolls on a dry meadow after a long heat wave in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany, Tuesday, July 31, 2018. (Photo by Michael Probst/AP Photo)

A horse rolls on a dry meadow after a long heat wave in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany, Tuesday, July 31, 2018. (Photo by Michael Probst/AP Photo)



A short-toed snake eagle flies in a forest near the village of Yanovichi, Belarus, July 27, 2018. (Photo by Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters)

A short-toed snake eagle flies in a forest near the village of Yanovichi, Belarus, July 27, 2018. (Photo by Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters)



The world's only giant panda triplets Meng Meng, Shuai Shuai and Ku Ku celebrate their fourth birthday at Chimelong Safari Park in Guangzhou, China July 29, 2018. (Photo by Bobby Yip/Reuters)

The world's only giant panda triplets Meng Meng, Shuai Shuai and Ku Ku celebrate their fourth birthday at Chimelong Safari Park in Guangzhou, China July 29, 2018. (Photo by Bobby Yip/Reuters)



A Palestine sunbird eats the nectar of flowers as a bee flies over at Orange House garden in El-Mansouri village, near Tyre, Lebanon, Lebanon July 29, 2018. (Photo by Jamal Saidi/Reuters)

A Palestine sunbird eats the nectar of flowers as a bee flies over at Orange House garden in El-Mansouri village, near Tyre, Lebanon, Lebanon July 29, 2018. (Photo by Jamal Saidi/Reuters)



A wild elephant chases a touristic safari jeep at Kaudulla national park in Habarana, Sri Lanka on July 30, 2018. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)

A wild elephant chases a touristic safari jeep at Kaudulla national park in Habarana, Sri Lanka on July 30, 2018. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)



Tourists visit a famous monument, the Treasury, at the rock-carved rose-red city of Petra, Jordan, 27 July 2018 (issued on 29 July 2018). Jordan's ancient city of Petra, one of the most famous archaeological sites in the world, is believed to have been settled as early as 9,000 BC, and it possibly began to prosper as the capital of the Nabataean Empire from the 1st century BC. Petra is designated a World Heritage Site since 1985. (Photo by Yahya Arhab/EPA/EFE)

Tourists visit a famous monument, the Treasury, at the rock-carved rose-red city of Petra, Jordan, 27 July 2018 (issued on 29 July 2018). Jordan's ancient city of Petra, one of the most famous archaeological sites in the world, is believed to have been settled as early as 9,000 BC, and it possibly began to prosper as the capital of the Nabataean Empire from the 1st century BC. Petra is designated a World Heritage Site since 1985. (Photo by Yahya Arhab/EPA/EFE)



Ring-tailed lemurs eat a piece of watermelon during the hot weather in Biopark zoo in Rome, Italy, August 2, 2018. (Photo by Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters)

Ring-tailed lemurs eat a piece of watermelon during the hot weather in Biopark zoo in Rome, Italy, August 2, 2018. (Photo by Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters)



A deer stands on a road painted with fire retardant during the Carr fire near the town of Igo, California on July 28, 2018. The US federal government approved aid Saturday for California as thousands of firefighters battled to contain a series of deadly raging wildfires that have killed six people and destroyed hundreds of buildings. (Photo by Josh Edelson/AFP Photo)

A deer stands on a road painted with fire retardant during the Carr fire near the town of Igo, California on July 28, 2018. The US federal government approved aid Saturday for California as thousands of firefighters battled to contain a series of deadly raging wildfires that have killed six people and destroyed hundreds of buildings. (Photo by Josh Edelson/AFP Photo)



In this photo released July 28, 2018, by the California Highway Patrol, Sergeant David Fawson holds a month-old fawn that was located by Cal Fire without a mother inside the Carr Fire line near Redding, Calif. Sawson evacuated the deer to safety for care with a wildlife rescue. Some evacuations orders have been lifted around a Northern California wildfire area near the city of Redding. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said people can return to several neighborhoods in western Redding as of Monday morning. The huge blaze near Redding has displaced 38,000 from their homes and killed six people. (Photo by California Highway Patrol via AP Photo)

In this photo released July 28, 2018, by the California Highway Patrol, Sergeant David Fawson holds a month-old fawn that was located by Cal Fire without a mother inside the Carr Fire line near Redding, Calif. Sawson evacuated the deer to safety for care with a wildlife rescue. Some evacuations orders have been lifted around a Northern California wildfire area near the city of Redding. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said people can return to several neighborhoods in western Redding as of Monday morning. The huge blaze near Redding has displaced 38,000 from their homes and killed six people. (Photo by California Highway Patrol via AP Photo)



A bullfighter goes flying off the bull during a bull riding event in honour of the capital's patron saint Santo Domingo de Guzman, in Managua, Nicaragua July 29, 2018. (Photo by Oswaldo Rivas/Reuters)

A bullfighter goes flying off the bull during a bull riding event in honour of the capital's patron saint Santo Domingo de Guzman, in Managua, Nicaragua July 29, 2018. (Photo by Oswaldo Rivas/Reuters)



Japanese macaques take a nap in the shade of Ueno Zoo in Tokyo, Wednesday, August 1, 2018. (Photo by Koji Sasahara/AP Photo)

Japanese macaques take a nap in the shade of Ueno Zoo in Tokyo, Wednesday, August 1, 2018. (Photo by Koji Sasahara/AP Photo)



A seagull struggles to take flight covered by a plastic bag, on the seashore at Caleta Portales beach in Valparaiso, Chile on July 17, 2018. The international community has recently become far more sensitive to the environmental problems created in particular by single-use plastics. Chile has been one of the countries leading the way in Latin America against the use of plastic bags. In 2014 the government of Michelle Bachelet banned them in Chilean Patagonia and last year extended that to coastal areas, but now its days are numbered by law and a cultural change is needed. (Photo by Claudio Reyes/AFP Photo)

A seagull struggles to take flight covered by a plastic bag, on the seashore at Caleta Portales beach in Valparaiso, Chile on July 17, 2018. The international community has recently become far more sensitive to the environmental problems created in particular by single-use plastics. Chile has been one of the countries leading the way in Latin America against the use of plastic bags. In 2014 the government of Michelle Bachelet banned them in Chilean Patagonia and last year extended that to coastal areas, but now its days are numbered by law and a cultural change is needed. (Photo by Claudio Reyes/AFP Photo)



A duck takes her brood under her wing to shelter them from a rain storm and to keep them warm. The group of five ducklings and their mother were perched on a fallen tree trunk in Forest Farm, Cardiff, UK on July 31, 2018. (Photo by Georgina Harper/Solent News & Photo Agency)

A duck takes her brood under her wing to shelter them from a rain storm and to keep them warm. The group of five ducklings and their mother were perched on a fallen tree trunk in Forest Farm, Cardiff, UK on July 31, 2018. (Photo by Georgina Harper/Solent News & Photo Agency)



Goat handlers, known as jockeys, race to the finish line with their animals during goat racing at the annual Tobago Heritage Festival, at Buccoo Integrated Facility, in Tobago island, Trinidad and Tobago, 29 July 2018. (Photo by Andrea De Silva/EPA/EFE)

Goat handlers, known as jockeys, race to the finish line with their animals during goat racing at the annual Tobago Heritage Festival, at Buccoo Integrated Facility, in Tobago island, Trinidad and Tobago, 29 July 2018. (Photo by Andrea De Silva/EPA/EFE)



Kyle Irwin, of Robertsdale, Ala., competes in the steer wrestling event during Championship Sunday of the 122nd annual Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo on Sunday, July 29, 2018, at Frontier Park Arena, in Cheyenne, Wyo. (Photo by Blaine McCartney/The Wyoming Tribune Eagle via AP Photo)

Kyle Irwin, of Robertsdale, Ala., competes in the steer wrestling event during Championship Sunday of the 122nd annual Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo on Sunday, July 29, 2018, at Frontier Park Arena, in Cheyenne, Wyo. (Photo by Blaine McCartney/The Wyoming Tribune Eagle via AP Photo)



Two horses appear to burst into laughter before a sweet embrace. The horses both turn their head to look at the camera and flash their teeth, treating the lucky photographer to a rare shot. Moments later the pair show their affectionate side by coming together and “hugging”. Photographer Nir Amos, 34, said he was “amazed” to capture the horses “laughing” in a field near Skógar, in the south east of Iceland on July 31, 2018. (Photo by Nir Amos/Solent News & Photo Agency)

Two horses appear to burst into laughter before a sweet embrace. The horses both turn their head to look at the camera and flash their teeth, treating the lucky photographer to a rare shot. Moments later the pair show their affectionate side by coming together and “hugging”. Photographer Nir Amos, 34, said he was “amazed” to capture the horses “laughing” in a field near Skógar, in the south east of Iceland on July 31, 2018. (Photo by Nir Amos/Solent News & Photo Agency)
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