Why can parrots and parakeets repeat words but not have conversations? What are their brains like?

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I know they’re just mimicking words and attach no meaning to them but can someone explain why they’re not able to attach meaning to them and form sentences in the way that humans do? I guess the wider question is why humans can’t communicate with animals.

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Do you remember the macarena, or despasito, or even worse the numa numa song? Millions of people sang songs in foreign languages and had no idea what the words meant. But they can repeat sounds. It’s the same with birds. You don’t need to know what a word means to copy thrle sound

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