Saturday, January 20, 2007

Parrot Talk More Clever Than Thought


Filed under: Animals and language

For the first time, a grey parrot has demonstrated that he can imitate what he sees and hears — demonstrating a more complex understanding of his environment than that needed for mimicry — according to a study in the current issue of Language Sciences. The bird, Alex, can also create new word labels for objects by combining words he already knows. For example, he called a juicy red apple that appear to have brought to mind bananas and cherries a “banerry.” …

Read the full article at Discovery Channel


See also:

>  Do Women Really Talk More than Men?
>  Like babies learning to talk, birds babble before they sing
>  Sorry, Charlie, you and Nemo aren’t the only fish that talk
>  Watching a Single Thought Form in the Brain
>  Monkeys use ‘baby talk’ to interact with infants

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