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Parrot's oratory stuns scientists
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| 2004/01/26
| Alex Kirby
Posted on 01/26/2004 8:36:46 AM PST by aculeus
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posted on
01/26/2004 8:36:48 AM PST
by
aculeus
To: aculeus
Lovely plumage, the Norwegian Blue ...
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posted on
01/26/2004 8:37:49 AM PST
by
Johnny_Cipher
(Miserable failure = http://www.michaelmoore.com/ sounds good to me!)
To: aculeus
This is quite impressive, when you consider that John Kerry only knows four words...Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam, and the other I can't remember...some east Asian country...starts with a "V".
To: aculeus
Analysis showed the parrot had used appropriate keywords three times more often than would be likely by chance. Take him to Vegas. He's on a roll.
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posted on
01/26/2004 8:40:17 AM PST
by
Aquinasfan
(Isaiah 22:22, Rev 3:7, Mat 16:19)
To: 2Trievers; albee; annyokie; Bloody Sam Roberts; Born Conservative; BraveMan; Chad Fairbanks; ...
The bird, a captive African grey called N'kisi, has a vocabulary of 950 words, and shows signs of a sense of humour.
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I find that to be ... uh ... to be ... (what's the word?)
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posted on
01/26/2004 8:40:34 AM PST
by
martin_fierro
(Hey, it's not rocket surgery!)
To: aculeus
N'kisi's remarkable abilities, which are said to include telepathy, feature in the latest BBC Wildlife Magazine. Well, they had me up to that point.
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posted on
01/26/2004 8:42:02 AM PST
by
martin_fierro
(Hey, it's not rocket surgery!)
To: sirshackleton
This bird could easily pass for a gummint screwel graduate in any number of American cities.
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posted on
01/26/2004 8:42:44 AM PST
by
SAJ
To: Johnny_Cipher
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posted on
01/26/2004 8:44:56 AM PST
by
bmwcyle
(Monica's Mom "Trust but keep verification in the closet")
To: martin_fierro
They how do you explain the split room experiment where the bird performed at 3 times the rate random chance would explain?
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posted on
01/26/2004 8:46:56 AM PST
by
DMCA
(TITLE 17 Chapter 1 Sec 107 (HI PRBC !!!))
To: Johnny_Cipher
This particular parrot was used to assist in teaching a new younger parrot of the same species. The adult was testy at times, supportive at others. At one point, this adult parrot became defensive of his species member, then turned to chide the younger bird!
I can attest to birds being smart ... the Blue Jays born in my trees return to pick up broken Black Walnuts from the driveway, then fly up into the tree to find a suitable fork in limbs into which to place the halves so they can peck at the meat inside. When the meat is gone, they pick up the shell and toss it down, then go for another and return to their crook to extract the meat!
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posted on
01/26/2004 8:47:25 AM PST
by
MHGinTN
(If you can read this, you've had life support from someone. Promote life support for others.)
To: bmwcyle
The dead parrot is the funniest bit I ever saw them do.
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posted on
01/26/2004 8:47:43 AM PST
by
arjay
To: martin_fierro
"Well, they had me up to that point." Yup. Me too.
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posted on
01/26/2004 8:48:06 AM PST
by
blam
To: DMCA
Tell me what I'm thinking riiiiight now.
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posted on
01/26/2004 8:48:57 AM PST
by
martin_fierro
(Hey, it's not rocket surgery!)
To: martin_fierro
Must post of FR. FR is not addictive. Must post on FR. FR is not addictive.
:->
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posted on
01/26/2004 8:49:59 AM PST
by
DMCA
(TITLE 17 Chapter 1 Sec 107 (HI PRBC !!!))
To: arjay
That and the Cheese Shop
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posted on
01/26/2004 8:50:44 AM PST
by
bmwcyle
(Monica's Mom "Trust but keep verification in the closet")
To: DMCA
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posted on
01/26/2004 8:50:51 AM PST
by
martin_fierro
(Hey, it's not rocket surgery!)
To: aculeus
N'kisi's remarkable abilities, which are said to include telepathy, feature in the latest BBC Wildlife Magazine. Believe it or not.
To: martin_fierro
Besides, I didn't say if I believed in telepathy, I just asked how it could be explained.
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posted on
01/26/2004 8:51:58 AM PST
by
DMCA
(TITLE 17 Chapter 1 Sec 107 (HI PRBC !!!))
To: Jonx6
To: Johnny_Cipher
My daughter just got to see that bit.... she about killed herself laughing... ( She's mildly autistic so jokes are HARD). She keeps wandering through the place talking in a BAD Brit accent and yelling "Helloooo Polly! " and then disolving into a fit of giggles.
Makes my heart sing!
Tia
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posted on
01/26/2004 8:54:07 AM PST
by
tiamat
("Just a Bronze-Age Gal, Trapped in a Techno World!")
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