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ghurtadoyesterday at 6:06 PM1 replyview on HN

A lot of interesting information here, but this one paragraph blew my mind:

> Although the birds occasionally made mistakes, they more often confused calls with similar meanings rather than similar sounds. “Their responses indicated they have a mental imagery of the meaning of their vocalisations,” Elie said. “In other words, that they understand the meaning of their call types.”


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Exoristostoday at 1:51 AM

Yes, it rather begs the omniscience of the researchers, doesn't it?