He really doesn't want anyone touching his mate lol!Reminds me of this video
Really depends on the birds. Some birds such as the famous African Grey, Alex, learn to associate words with objects, people and events, use words appropriately and can string together words to create their own original phrases. I have birds that do that. It is more than just mimicking/"parroting". Several other members have birds who use language appropriately. One example would be @cassiesdad Milton.What you humans are hearing from the bird is what the bird hears you humans saying. Your voice is somewhat garbled to the parrot's ears and what it is repeating is a lot of run-on words and sentences.
Keep in mind that the human language is a foreign language to a bird. The bird can copy what it hears and when you are talking around the house to friends and family your language is a run-on language. Words and sentences mean nothing to the bird. It's really nothing more then 'mumbo-jumbo'.
Really depends on the birds. Some birds such as the famous African Grey, Alex, learn to associate words with objects, people and events, use words appropriately and can string together words to create their own original phrases. I have birds that do that. It is more than just mimicking/"parroting". Several other members have birds who use language appropriately. One example would be @cassiesdad Milton.
In that video I would have to say that a lot of what that bird is saying is just random mimicking. However our words and language can have meaning to our feathered friends and those that have the capacity and interest can learn to use it accurately. Of course their vocabulary and sentence structure is limited compared to ours.
That is one of my favorite clip ever!Reminds me of this video. At first I thought it was the same two birds, but here the yellow-nape is the argumentative one.