Every year, scientists learn more about how animals communicate with each other. Studies show that elephants greet each other, clapping with ears and making certain sounds, and the sperm whales change their sounds depending on the context of the conversation. Obviously, communication in the animal world is complex. But with all these unique ways of communication, whether the animal can learn the \? About this writes Live Science.

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It turns out that there are examples of how animals learn to understand and even use vocalization or signals of other types. But there are still many questions about what is happening in the heads of these animals.

It is important to note that for people language is a kind of specific communication system, but animals actually have no languages, like people, says Simon Townsend from the University of Zurich, Switzerland. When studying animals, scientists study certain features of their communication, for example, a certain sound that has a certain meaning, therefore this cannot be considered a language in the human understanding.

When it comes to the perception of sounds of other species, birds are one of the most studied animals. The study of scientists from the University of Illinois in Urban Shampein, the USA, showed that single birds can understand the cries of other species of birds in their path of migration, which may help them to remain safe and go a long way. Data confirm the idea of \u200b\u200bthe existence of interspecific communication. But these data still do not allow to decipher what the birds "

Learning is not just an understanding of what you hear, but it is also the ability to speak on it. In this regard, according to scientists, the Birds of Drongo (Dicrus adsimilis) living in Africa best succeeded.

Drongo has a habit of following other animals in the hope of stealing a little of their food. Thomas Flawer from the University of Capilano in Canada studied these birds when they followed a flock. The scientist discovered that Drongo was using their own alarms, that is, a piercing scream that indicates the approach of the predator in order to intimidate the snouts and drive them into the holes. Thus, birds can take the remnants.

The study also showed that the dimensions begin to understand that the alarm characteristic of the drunx is a cunning trick, and therefore stop throwing their food and hiding.

But Drongo found another talent. It turned out that these birds not only recognize the alarms of other animals, but also learn to copy these sounds in their interests. Когда птицы понимают, что их собственный сигнал тревоги больше не работает, они начинают имитировать сигналы тревоги других птиц или даже копировать сигнал тревоги сурикатов. Regularly changing anxiety signals of different types, the Drongo hold the scouts in the tension and get food. Drongo also follow other birds and imitate their alarm signals to steal food from them.

According to Flauer, this shows that animals can be open to study the "

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