Scientists have taught the birds to understand foreign languages ​​- BFM.Ru

Birds can be taught to understand the meaning of different sounds, including those that they do not hear in their natural habitat, the researchers say

The birds can be trained to understand the meaning of different sounds, including those they do not hear in their natural habitat. According to scientists, the bird is the same as that for a man – the study of a foreign language. The study is published on the website of the Australian See also: Scientists: the real environmental situation at Lake Baikal is not reflected gosmonitoringa system State University.

Researchers biologists in progress could do what was previously thought impossible. Scientists for 2 days could teach the bird species Malurus cyaneus hide the sound of the siren that these birds had never heard of in the natural environment of their habitat. The researchers argue that Malurus cyaneus learn to understand the importance of the sound of sirens – roughly the same as learning a foreign language for a person.

The scientists gave the birds to listen to different sounds, not sounding in nature. When the siren signal, the researchers ran over Malurus cyaneus layout of a bird of prey.