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

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Is There a Dominance Issue?

Alex had been an only bird for 15 years, and used to being in charge. It was very hard when you were teaching them numbers. They 're like about two years old when they start learning one versus many. But around that time, they're learning a number line,. So if you ask a three year old to count, they'll go, 1, 2, 3, 5, six, seven. And by the time they learn four, they get it. Almost no child that is normal, ok, terms of development, has to be taught five or more. Five is the next one the series. They understand it. Is this true for animals? And the answer is

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