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Do Animals Have Language? | Irene Pepperberg | Escaped Sapiens #35

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Is It That a Bird Recognizes Numbers?

Alex, the first parrot that you had, ar how to say he would say a three corner and four corner for triangles and squares. Why do you think it is that a bird would find that easy? Is it because they live in larger flocks? Or is it because, you know, i guess when you look at birds in the sky, you can actually pick out their silhouettes,. perhaps. But i think it probably has more to do with their vocalizations. For example, there are certain birds, like chickadees, worth the alarm call, ok, when they see something that's an nervous they go, chickadee de de de d and the number of

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