How can a parrot talk? What is the biological process they have that is responsible for this?
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Birds have an organ called a syrinx just above their lungs that they use to modulate the vibrations in their screeching. Very social birds like parrots have very precise syrinxes that can mimic a vast array of sounds.
They’ve evolved this because they’re extremely gregarious birds that like to spend all day gossiping about eachother around the banana tree. This requires a large language processing center in their brains and the capacity to memorize and replicate numerous sounds. They “name” eachother in nature and have unique chirps for each individual in their social circle.
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