But a new generation of scientists believe that creatures, including birds, can solve problems by insight and even learn by example, as human children do. Birds can even talk in a meaningful way.

South Africa exported thousands of grays to the region in 2016. African gray parrots learn to speak much as infants do—by using their tongues to produce precise copies of words they hear.

"Before a baby parrot begins fledging—the process of learning to fly and leave the ... probably remember those nature documentaries for kids that stress the importance of not interfering with ...