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To: kosta50

kosta50:”They talk? Really? What language do they speak?”

Probably whatever one they hear.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talking_bird

“Talking birds are birds that can mimic human speech. Talking birds have varying degrees of intelligence and communication capabilities: some, like the crow, a highly intelligent bird, are only able to mimic a few words and phrases, whilst some budgerigars have been observed to have a vocabulary of almost two thousand words. The Hill Myna is a commonly kept pet, well known for its talking ability – whilst its relative, the European Starling, is also adept at mimicry.[1]”


3,385 posted on 11/27/2010 6:28:32 PM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: metmom
Probably whatever one they hear.....

Pulling at straws, now, aren't you? :) Too band the Bible authors didn't know that. They imagined talking snakes and donkeys, when in fact they should have been birds...or maybe bats, since they couldn't tell the difference.

And, unlike biblical talking animals, who spoke intelligently, like humans and angels, the birds' "speech" is called mimicry. Hint for nonsense. That means they "talk" without saying anything...like some people I know.

3,395 posted on 11/27/2010 7:34:03 PM PST by kosta50 (God is tired of repenting -- Jeremiah 15:6, KJV)
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