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January 13, 2017 07:52 am PST
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The amazing whistling language of Greek shepherds
In the village of Antia on Greece's Evia island, shepherds use whistling to communicate over long distances. This isn't a code but rather a real language.
"Whistles let shepherds communicate between distant hillsides because a whistled sound wave travels farther than spoken words."
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/oa_KuCO5PV0/the-amazing-whistling-language.html
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