How are talking birds able to so precisely enunciated words without lips and a larynx?
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There’s actually a great Vox video on this exact question. It was a really fascinating watch. https://youtu.be/dBGw7uXc0eo
Speaking is just uttering specific sounds/tones in a certain order. A bird can vary their sounds/tones way more that humans. They could probably mimic the sounds a dolphin makes and possibly communicate. Ok I’m blowing my own mind…..
[There’s a nice BBC podcast on the subject](https://youtu.be/OTgolOc-BzU) where beatboxer Beardyman talks about how birds make sound, with some crazy examples of birds imitating things like cameras and chainsaws!
It’s like how you can make a fart noise with your armpit *and* your butt. They’re smart so they use what they have to approximate the sounds.
The explanation has been given, but I wanted to mention a recent episode of the [podcast Twenty-Thousand Hertz](https://www.20k.org/episodes/birdsong) that takes a deep dive into birdsongs.
Because they’re not real and are government drones that are spying on you. Those who can talk just have an output device as well.
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