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Tujague posted:Uhhh, just because I can teach a bird to say "what happens when we die?" doesn't mean that the bird is the first nonhuman animal in the world to ponder the afterlife, okay? Like, if you teach a shetland sheepdog to fetch random poo poo from the hall closet, and one day it brings a bandage to a guy who just cut his pinky, it doesn't mean the dog understands first aid. There are a lot of tests that have proven that some birds do have some interesting cognitive abilities. Some even pass the mirror test. However, I highly doubt a bird was the first non-human animal to ask an inquisitive question when there are loads of primates with a much more deep grasp of language than any bird can brag about. Koko has been asking inquisitive questions and even holding limited conversations with human counterparts for many years now. Her "adopted brother" Michael even recalled the events of him becoming an orphan (his mother was slaughtered for meat by poachers) on a few occasions.
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