Parrots imitate individuals when addressing them

Wednesday, November 21, 2012 - 22:00 in Biology & Nature

Whether living with pirates or in the wild, parrots have exceptional abilities to mimic the sounds they hear. One species, the orange-fronted conure, may have evolved this ability in order to communicate with specific individuals in other flocks, according to new research.

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