Gerbils can distinguish 'me' from 'you'

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If you say something to a gerbil, will it understand? Two researchers have succeeded in training gerbils to recognize human vowel sounds, and have found that they can easily distinguish, say, an 'oo' (as in 'you') from an 'ee' (as in 'me').

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