mˈaɪkəl təmˈeɪsəlˌoʊ, ɐnˈʌðɚ wˈɛlnˈoʊn ˈænɪməl kɑːɡnˈɪʃən ɹᵻsˈɜːtʃɚ, klˈeɪmd ðæt sˌʌm ʌv hˈɔːsɚz pɹˈiːviəs stˈuːdənts pˈɜːsənəli tˈoʊld hˌɪm ðæt ðˈɛɹ "wʌzɐ pˈætɚn ænd ðeɪ hæd spəsˈɪfɪk ˈɛvɪdəns".
Michael Tomasello, another well-known animal cognition researcher, claimed that some of Hauser's previous students personally told him that there "was a pattern and they had specific evidence".