Animals Learn Species-Specific Communication
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Can animals learn another species' 'language?'
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Drongos mimic other species' alarm calls to steal food from other animals.
Birds are one of the best-studied animals to pick up on sounds from other species.
A study on songbird migration suggested that solitary birds could understand the calls of other bird species on their migration pathway.
Drongos show some of the hallmarks of "language" learning, but much remains a mystery.
Flower said he still hasn't seen evidence that young drongos understand that they're deceiving other animals when they start mimicking alarm calls.
Young humans also repeat noises they don't understand and eventually learn meaning through trial and error.
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