How can parrots mimic other sounds?

Moment Of Um

Brains On Universe

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.4 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Parrots are one of the few animals in the world that can mimic human speech and other sounds. But how exactly do they do it? We asked bird expert Amanda Bender to help us find the answer.

Got a question that’s a real squawk in the park? Send it to us at BrainsOn.org/contact, and we’ll help find an answer that’s macaw-some!

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Today's episode is sponsored by Green Light. Did you know that 27 states don't require a personal
0:06.4	finance course for students even though teens score an average of 64% on the National
0:12.2	Financial Literacy Test? Let's make a difference. 64% on the national financial literacy test?
0:14.0	Let's make a difference.
0:16.0	Our friends at Million, Basilian, and Green Light are hitting the road visiting schools
0:20.2	to teach important lessons on financial literacy.
0:23.0	It's all the fun of the podcast, but now live and interactive.
0:27.0	Million Bazillion Live is in partnership with Green Light, the Money App for Kids and Teens.
0:32.0	Learn more about Green Light at greenlight. Greenlight. Light, the Money App for Kids and Teens.
0:32.6	Learn more about Green Light at greenlight.com slash million.
0:36.5	That's Green Light.com slash million.
0:39.5	From the brains behind Brainson, this is the Moment of Um. Moment of Um,
0:44.7	moment of um comes to you from APM studios.
0:50.0	I'm Shayla Farzan.
0:51.2	Um. When I was a kid, my family had an African gray parrot named Baby.
0:58.8	She had sleek gray feathers, hooked black be, and a fiery red tail.
1:04.0	And like lots of other African gray parrots,
1:07.0	Baby was very smart.
1:09.0	She could perfectly imitate all kinds of sounds.
1:12.0	She used to do this impression of the
1:13.9	microwave beeping that was so good. And she also did a perfect impression of my
1:19.5	mom calling for me in the morning when the school bus pulled up outside.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Brains On Universe, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Brains On Universe and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.