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I’m sure any skilled hunter would argue differently. Just watch Meat Eater on YouTube for use of animal sound mimicary ant it’s use in hunting.

• masswerk 5y ago
  Certainly, but isn't this more like a replay, is it actually suitable for interaction?
  • amilios 5y ago
    I mean, this is the same thing that the whales are doing though. What's the difference? In both cases it's just mimicry.
  • update 5y ago
    apparently, turkeys have a pretty understandable language. There's a documentary, My Life as a Turkey [1]; he was able to decipher what each call meant (e.g. which squawk meant "snake" and which one meant "eagle"). So, if you were walking with a turkey, and you saw a snake and wanted to warn it about it, you could, in theory, communicate with it. [1] https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/my-life-as-a-turkey-introduction/7268/ https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/my-life-as-a-turkey-introduc...
    • CyanBird 5y ago
      And these probably would vary by region, just like how whales, dolphins and orcas have different languages too That's really cool, I didn't knew turkeys did that
  • colechristensen 5y ago
    There are degrees, a whole spectrum between tape-loop mimicry to a high fidelity sharing of mental states when it comes to language. Mimicry with context is a good way (the only way?) to develop an understanding of language.