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Starlings' Surprising Speech


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Dr. Timothy Gentner Assistant Professor Psychology Department  University of California San Diego

Dr. Gentner has been studying the ability of the European Starling, one of the world's most accomplished singers and mimics, to understand and create complex patterns of song that indicate the capacity to utilize recursion. What's it mean?

They've got a lot to say, and they know what they're talking about.

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Wild Side NewsBy Sidney Wildesmith