Budgerigars can identify spoken sounds without prior exposure to human speech

[PhysOrg]

No experience with human speech is necessary for budgerigars to perceive the difference between "d" and "t", according to a study published May 31, 2017 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Mary Flaherty from The State University of New York, Buffalo, USA, and colleagues.

 

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[Cara J]

Of course they can because budgies are little geniuses!