Why do birds such as parakeets/parrots imitate things owners say and learn phrases to ‘communicate’. It appears that they enjoy it and even are affectionate.

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Why do birds such as parakeets/parrots imitate things owners say and learn phrases to ‘communicate’. It appears that they enjoy it and even are affectionate.

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They’re very social and intelligent. I imagine they learn to mimic the same reason humans do, to communicate with others. Babies start out learning to talk because they repeat what people say to them.

Also humans make animal noises so it’s not crazy that social animals would make human noises

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