Songbirds can learn human speech patterns: study

Songbirds can be trained to understand non-language aspects of human speech, a study has found.

Scientists showed that zebra finches are even more sensitive to “prosodic” variations, such as changes in the pitch, volume and duration of spoken syllables, than humans.

The findings suggest that prosodic features of vocal sounds may have predated the evolution of structured language.

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> The findings suggest that prosodic features of vocal sounds may have predated the evolution of structured language.

Agree.

I had a Budgie who used to say amoungst a lot of other stuff, “I tort I torr a puddy tat”