Do parrots just imitate what they hear around them or can they form their own sentences based off what they hear and think?
In: Biology
I doubt that parrots can understand words like we can.
One of the biggest differences between a human and a shaved ape is that our brains have two special regions dedicated to understanding and creating speech.
No other animal has this – not even parrots. So while they can have some rudimentary understanding of human language their brains are just not built for human speak.
TL;DR their brains do not have the necessary parts to understand human speech. So no.
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