SONGBIRDS USE GRAMMAR IN TWEETS

Justin C. -- Birds prove to be much smarter then we thought. Japanese scientist’s discovery that songbirds use their own form of grammar. This study shows that humans man not be the only organism to use grammar in sentences. The birds used in this experiment were Bengalese finches which are very social birds that do a lot of vocalizing. Each male bird has a different unique song call. Scientists played jumbled up bird songs to different birds to see how they would react to it. All the birds reacted to certain ones and had no reaction at all to other ones. It also seems that the order of the syllables mattered to the birds which suggest that the birds use grammar.

This article just amazed me. It is an excellent example of how animals are not given enough credit for what their capable of. They are much smarter then most people think. But I do think that maybe the birds are not listening for grammar but for certain sounds and they only recognize those certain sounds. I think that the scientists should play different languages to the birds and see how they respond to each language, this could prove if their listening for grammar or just sounds.

Link:  Songbirds Use Grammar in Tweets