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I've always found talking parrots to be extremely interesting, and that video is so incredibly cool. I never knew about the African Grey Parrot though, and I'm interested in learning more about their ability to generate new thoughts. I'm a little confused about how they express these thoughts. You mentioned that their way of using language is just mimicking sounds, and that there is not language comprehension, so how are they able to turn their thoughts into an English word?

Very interesting post. Although it is just repetition, I still find it really cool that they can repeat the sounds we make so well. Very impressive either way.

This is a very interesting post. Even though they are just mimicking sounds I still find it very interesting that they can even do that. I never realized that all they were really doing was mimicking sounds. I wonder if through time the Grey Parrot could have an actual conversation after all the sounds they hear?

I like this post and I am amazed that the African Grey Parrots do have some sort of comprehension. However I would like to know how they interpret it. Could they understand just meanings of certain words or could they understand a whole sentence. And can they pick up on emotional cues the person presents in their speech? That would be cool.

WOW! After watching the video I was amazed by how talented Einstein was. What incredible sound coming out of such a bird. His sound effects were absolutely amazing, and so accurate. What kind of training do you think goes into something like the video. I was blown away by how he was able to make the animal noises, even though some were stereotypical. I thought his evil impression was quite funny. I think its cool the ability to mimic such distinct sounds, because I feel as though most humans could mimic some of the noises that Einstein did. Thank you for showing the video along with the most, it was very interesting.