Polly wanna listen to this episode?
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Can parrots understand the human words they say? How and why are budgies such good mimics? How do budgie pairs find each other in huge flocks? Today, with your host, Devon; co-hosts, Chet and Cap; and two special guests, Budgly and Rex, you will learn the second half of everything there is to know about the Budgerigar, Melopsittacus undulatus.
This is the second part of the Budgerigar. For the first part, go to the previous episode in the feed, and the third part (an interview) will be released on Thursday, March 20th.
Episode Art: Budgly at left and Rex at right.
Further Reading (Experiments):
- Budgies Use Grammar to Find Meaning in Unfamiliar Phrases
- Polly Wants a Conjunction? Birds Learn Artificial Grammar
Other Links:
- More Info on Yawning
- Comic
- Memory Quiz (for this and the previous episode)
- Episode Page
- Transcript
- References
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Until next time, keep exploring this amazing Kingdom: Animalia.
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