Guest guest Posted September 6, 2006 Report Posted September 6, 2006 > Q. Some biologists believe that parrots can actually understand the > words they speak. Do you agree? > A. I think that's probably taking parrot intelligence a little too > far. What the birds have probably done is learned the association > between words and actions. They've learned that certain words > generate certain actions — whether that equates with > " understanding, " I don't know. I think the monk parrot who lives next door to me and calls me " bad lady dammit goodbye " has a pretty good grasp on language. (He also names tons of different objects, sometimes after only hearing the word once.) Quote
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