Does anybody know why budgies and other birds can talk? Does it have any use in the wild?

One theory that I heard was that they're imitating a larger animal which if you think about it would discourage other predators from going their way.

aah that makes sense! thanks

:ausb: So how come the scared, untamed ones don't?

I was talking about wild parrots, but yeah that's a good question.

 

This is from Parrots for Dummies ((Laughing out loud))

 

http://www.dummies.com/WileyCDA/DummiesArticle/id-3112.html

I see it more as they learn from each other in the wild how to sing correctly to win the girl and such, but in the house their 'flock' is us and the one that talk have accepted that to a higher degree than the other scared ones that don't want anything to do with humans.

 

There are birds in the wild that will mimic other birds in the area and I believe the lyrebird is one of them, these sort of bird with even mimic sound made from humans if they live close by.

http://www.devilducky.com/media/46386/

 

heheh

aw the sound isnt working for me looks good though!

awww no you need the sound .. it has the lyrebird imitating car alarms and chainsaws

yeah i got it to work that time. That was absolutely amazing!!!! I loved the chainsaw!!!

so the next question is why are the bigger birds better mimicers who is going to go after them in the wild? Like the toos and macaws?

http://www.devilducky.com/media/46386/

 

heheh

 

That was tooooo cooool! I love it! Birds are just the "bee's Knees"! Thanks for that entertaining link.

Shellball

heh that was the show I was thinking about when I posted before thanks for the link.

 

so the next question is why are the bigger birds better mimicers who is going to go after them in the wild? Like the toos and macaws?

 

maybe simply becuase of their smartness?

but why are they smarter since they don't have as many predators?