Loquacious Parrot
From
BBC News:
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Parrot's oratory stuns scientists
The finding of a parrot with an almost unparalleled power to communicate with people has brought scientists up short.
bq. The bird, a captive African grey called N'kisi, has a vocabulary of 950 words, and shows signs of a sense of humour.
And more:
bq. He uses words in context, with past, present and future tenses, and is often inventive.
bq. One N'kisi-ism was "flied" for "flew", and another "pretty smell medicine" to describe the aromatherapy oils used by his owner, an artist based in New York.
bq. When he first met Dr Jane Goodall, the renowned chimpanzee expert, after seeing her in a picture with apes, N'kisi said: "Got a chimp?"
Fascinating. Jen and I have dogs and communication between them and us is non-verbal but very real.
Posted by DaveH at January 26, 2004 10:10 AM