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The ABC's of Cheep, Cheep, Cheep, Science Now
 









Excerpts: Politicians, teachers, and even grandmothers chatting on telephones
routinely use rambling sentences full of internal asides. The ability to piece
together phrases in different combinations provides unlimited communicative
capacity and helps distinguish humans from other species. But this ability may
not be as unique as once thought. Starlings, 21-cm-tall, iridescent black
songbirds native to Eurasia and North Africa, can understand similarly
structured songs, according to a new study.
Source: The ABC's of Cheep, Cheep, Cheep[
http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2006/426/3?etoc ], Elizabeth
Pennisi, ScienceNOW Daily News, 06/04/26

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