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Parrot Babies Babble Just like Us

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The Benefits of Babbling Parrots

Babbling is a medley of all these different calls that either are already or will eventually be used in more specific functional contexts. In babbling, all these calls are just sort of jumbled together without any readily identifiable purpose or context. It's like a rehearsal for when the birds really do have nests to defend and predators to warn about.

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