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Non-language-using animals must think humans are the worst songbirds ever. (self.showerthoughts)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by AbouBenAdhem to c/showerthoughts
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To clarify: I’m not suggesting animals think all sounds are songs—just that songbirds and humans are the only common animals that combine sounds into arbitrary sequences where each individual sound doesn’t have a single fixed meaning.

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[–] AbouBenAdhem 1 points 3 months ago

See my comment here.