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Great Tits Use Linguistic Traits Including Phrases Thought To Be Unique To Humans
Tech Times ^
| 9 Mar 2016
| James Maynard
Posted on 03/09/2016 7:49:22 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT
Great tits use advanced syntax, including speaking in phrases, to warn their fellow birds of incoming danger, a new research reveals. This linguistic trait was previously believed to be unique to human beings.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Hobbies; Humor; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: bigdisappointment; deeplysaddened; disappointment; epigraphyandlanguage; godsgravesglyphs; hopingforrealtits; japan; language; letdown; saddened; songbirds
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To: LostInBayport
“If it Moves, Tax it. If it Keeps Moving, Regulate it. And if it Stops Moving, Subsidize it.”
RR
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posted on
03/09/2016 8:07:07 AM PST
by
DUMBGRUNT
(Looks like it's pretty hairy.)
To: Jonah Hex
paging Laz.... A well known 'bird' watcher, for sure!
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posted on
03/09/2016 8:09:16 AM PST
by
DUMBGRUNT
(Looks like it's pretty hairy.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Don’t do that.
Reminds of a joke.
Last night I slept like a baby.
I woke up every few hours screaming for a tit to suck on.
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posted on
03/09/2016 8:09:43 AM PST
by
joshua c
(Please dont feed the liberals)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Tell your tits to quit staring at my eyes.
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posted on
03/09/2016 8:09:50 AM PST
by
getitright
(If you call this HOPE, can we give despair a shot?)
To: DUMBGRUNT
local oldies station plays the “greatestitsofalltime”
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posted on
03/09/2016 8:10:57 AM PST
by
bigbob
("Victorious warriors win first and then go to war" Sun Tzu.)
To: SpinnerWebb
Are you suggesting, that someone posted clickbait!
Oh my!
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posted on
03/09/2016 8:11:12 AM PST
by
DUMBGRUNT
(Looks like it's pretty hairy.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
I’m only here to read the article.
Honest.
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posted on
03/09/2016 8:12:24 AM PST
by
moovova
To: DUMBGRUNT
Okay I'll do it:
Apparently great tits and cunning linguists go together well.
To: getitright
But they say; birds of a feather,flock together?
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posted on
03/09/2016 8:12:56 AM PST
by
DUMBGRUNT
(Looks like it's pretty hairy.)
To: laotzu
Just stay with iambic pentameter, and you should be OK.
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posted on
03/09/2016 8:14:57 AM PST
by
DUMBGRUNT
(Looks like it's pretty hairy.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Great tits don’t need to speak. They’re perfect when they’re silent.
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posted on
03/09/2016 8:20:10 AM PST
by
IronJack
To: moovova
I’m only here to read the article. Why yes. We all read it for the articles.
And now it it is all articles; no more photo spreads.
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posted on
03/09/2016 8:20:27 AM PST
by
DUMBGRUNT
(Looks like it's pretty hairy.)
To: SpinnerWebb
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posted on
03/09/2016 8:20:49 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Great headline, for sure!
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posted on
03/09/2016 8:21:46 AM PST
by
headsonpikes
(Mass murder and cannibalism are the twin sacraments of socialism - "Who-whom?"-Lenin)
To: SpinnerWebb
If ever a thread needed highjacking...this is the one!
Come on...where are THEY!
To: DUMBGRUNT
another disappointment....
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posted on
03/09/2016 8:27:13 AM PST
by
rrrod
(just an old guy with a gun in his pocket.l)
To: DUMBGRUNT
"I like tits!"
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posted on
03/09/2016 8:28:45 AM PST
by
dfwgator
To: SpinnerWebb
Another random killing by an illegal immigrant. Don't expect to see a tearful Obama speak about this creep. I thought the first response would be "This thread useless without pics". 8^ )
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posted on
03/09/2016 8:30:10 AM PST
by
Mastador1
(I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Great tits use advanced syntax, including speaking in phrases
Yes. Yes, they do. The great ones, anyway.
To: DUMBGRUNT
I once saw tits on a bull. But they flew away before I could get a photo.
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posted on
03/09/2016 8:31:46 AM PST
by
HandyDandy
(Don't make up stuff. It wastes time.)
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