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I don’t know, that is one sticky subject, first you have to define what communication is before you can limit it to specific thought processes. Second you must also attach things to it, if it’s a matter of just saying yes or no to any given question. Then in theory you have the ability 50% of the time to answer correctly to what you actually need.
We, in theory, do the same thing, we learn through life in order to influence things to our way based on responses to questions posed in life
To be able to define one thing, and have a response for it, it’s hard to say. If the bird would say Trick or Treat with out any provocation then yes I would have to say the bird understands the fact of asking a question. However, if you must have a treat in your hand, then I agree with JS on this one.
It’s more of a trick than a request for a treat.
You would have to question a lot of things though. We see something and make a response to it, are we trained or are we making a choice to ask/say any specific thing?
You could argue that the bird seeing the box makes a request for what is in the box. Is the bird then reading the box?
Sorry if I posed more questions than answers, but his subject is one I have given many hour of thought to. Could almost be likened to… Can a chimp really know sign-language?
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