[language] Parrot fashions new thinking

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     Subject: [evol-psych] Parrot fashions new thinking
        Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 08:49:58 +0000
        From: Ian Pitchford <ian.pitchford at scientist.com>
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BBC News Online
Friday, 15 February, 2002, 03:18 GMT
Parrot fashions new thinking
By BBC News Online's Jonathan Amos

Meet Griffin, the grey parrot, whose astonishing vocal and physical
skills are
demonstrating just how smart the avian world really is.

Good conversation: Dr Irene Pepperberg and Griffin

Griffin has recently begun to play with objects and speaks English in a
way
that raises fascinating questions about the thought processes going on
inside a
bird's brain.

The parrot will stack different-sized bottle caps in the right order,
for
example. He will also mix up the English words he has learned, and will
say
simple phrases, like "wanna green nut".

This type of behaviour was once thought to be exclusive to humans, great
apes,
and monkeys. Griffin suggests Parrots should be added to the list.

Full text
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/in_depth/sci_tech/2002/boston_2002/newsid_1821000/1821654.stm

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