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   Bruno Zeigerts said, 3 months ago

   ‘Why can’t we think like that?’
   “Reckon our minds must be too highly evolved.’
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   win said, 3 months ago

   Sounds like the folks at DMV.
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   SUSAN NEWMAN said, 3 months ago

   “Let’s all sing like the birdies sing…”.
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   rshive said, 3 months ago

   You could tap their minds for elevator music, Agnes. The birds may learn vowel sounds before that disappears.
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   DavidHuieGreen said, 3 months ago

   “An acorn sized cavern”
   Excellent imagery!
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   Perkycat said, 3 months ago

   @win

   My first laugh out loud moment today. The poor DMV people get picked on so much. _{even if it is true}
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   jadoo823 said, 3 months ago

   …i guess trying to read bird brains is a lot less messy than reading their entrails…
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   magicwalnut said, 3 months ago

   Vowel sounds don’t require lips, but consonants do…make a note, Agnes.
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   amaryllis2 said, 3 months ago

   Vowels are made vibrating deep in the throat, consonants with tongue against teeth and at much higher frequencies—so that people with your typical high-frequency hearing loss that comes with age think other people are mumbling. They hear people talk just fine but they only get parts of the words. (Hearing aids are your friends.)

   Birds have the high frequency part down pat, at least.
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    Night-Gaunt49 said, 3 months ago

    Parrots can pronounce consonants in their throat and use of their tongue. Similar to ventriloquism in humans.
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    Hunter7 said, 3 months ago

    @DavidHuieGreen

    Its the entire 2nd panel. I can just make out the tinny sound of an ear worm song bouncing off the walls, creating feedback with every bounce. The echo feeling hollow, but mindnumbingly repeative.
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    Pacopuddy said, 3 months ago

    @magicwalnut

    Correct, though lip movements can adjust the vowel production.
    

    
    Evidence that lips are not the cause of vowels can be seen in many eastern european languages – almost vowel-free.
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    DavidHuieGreen said, 3 months ago

    @Hunter7

    Find an empty hall way, stair well or other good echo chamber.
    Whistle Simon and Garfunkle’s THE SOUND OF SILENCE?
    It’s a lot of fun or it used to be, should still be.
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