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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They can absolutely have a conversation, but their native repetition is just repetition with no context. You’d have to train them to connect the context of the word with the word itself, and that context would have to make sense to them on their terms, so the conversation would be pretty limited.
See also: gorillas with sign language, dogs with soundboards
You’d actually be surprised at the number of animals capable of holding a conversation once common context has been established.
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