(08-09-2012, 03:01 PM)Ram Wrote: I very much doubt African Gray can understand the words they speak. They are smart for sure, but not that smart. They can be trained to pretending talking with you, but they will not truly understand more than a few words.
Well, I said it can only express about three things. But it's been proven that these parrots can learn language, not just mimicry but actual understanding, in a laboratory setting. The most educated one on record was able to have simple conversations with the scientist handling it. I read the bird's last conversation before it died and I'd swear it was a small child if I didn't already know it was a bird.
