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Ehhh it's definitely nuanced but we certainly haven't been dramatically overlooking anything fundamental. The prevailing wisdom has been that a fully developed
by elif 1y ago
Ehhh it's definitely nuanced but we certainly haven't been dramatically overlooking anything fundamental.
The prevailing wisdom has been that a fully developed cockatoo has roughly the intelligence of a 3 year old.
A 3 year old figuring out how to use a drinking fountain wouldn't be world-breaking science, and I don't think this is either.
We have proven that they don't understand language and can simply mimic sounds. I don't think it's as deep as you are hoping.
- teaearlgraycold 1y agoCould they have their own language though?
- elif 1y agoCockatoo language in nature is this: Child: wild call Parent: wild call back Child: wild call back Parent: wild call back Child: wild call back There are bird species with nuanced dialogue-like calls, but parrots are not him ...
- ImaCake 1y agoWhile their calls sound like chalk on a blackboard their body language is complex. You can communicate a lot via your actions and expressions!
- xeonmc 1y agoAnd, occasionally, demonic summoning chants: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UUjJysUMTw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UUjJysUMTw
- SAI_Peregrinus 1y agoAfrican Gray parrots have been proven to understand significant amounts of language.