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Turns out birds can speak in sentences like people
More and more it seems that birds deserve a place among other higher animals for their intellect. A new paper in the journal Current Biology suggests that one species — the Japanese tit — can use grammar when tweeting at one another. That’s important because grammar is one of the most complex mechanisms of language — and something we generally only see in humans. It’s what gives our sentences structure. When off grammar is, Yoda sound alike, you can. But, depending upon context, words and the meaning they hold can be indecipherable without the right grammar. It does allow us to convey complex ideas, though. Cats, for example, are pretty…
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30 tumblr posts about pets guaranteed to make you laugh Animals furr-ever!
We should be thanking our lucky stars every day that animals exist. They’re adorable little helpers, they’re smart enough to know who not to vote for this election, they’re unintentionally hilarious and they might even save your life. They’re also mysterious creatures because we haven’t quite figured out how to speak to them yet (looking at you, science). As much as we want to believe the personalities we assign our pets are real, we all know deep down they’re not. That doesn’t stop the wonderful weirdos over on Tumblr from entertaining us by trying to figure out what the animals in these photos are really thinking. Let’s be real, animals are funny enough…
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