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Re:Scientists discover surprising language 'shortcuts' in bi... by pjmlp on Monday August 18, 2025 @09:20AM (#44940298)
I would actually be quite curious what the crows get to talk around 6 AM on nearby trees for about half an hour, before leaving for their daily duties.

Not sure how everything would go, if we finally managed to talk with fellow species, given how wrong it goes even with other humans.

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Re:Scientists discover surprising language 'shortcuts' in bi... by jacquesm on Monday August 18, 2025 @10:28AM (#44941038)
That's the country wide weather report. And they need to recite it so whole that it spreads from the point of origin otherwise it would be just a local update. Fascinating stuff. Humans used to do much the same when radio first came along.
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Re:Scientists discover surprising language 'shortcuts' in bi... by pjmlp on Monday August 18, 2025 @10:49AM (#44941251)
Lovely. :)
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Re:Scientists discover surprising language 'shortcuts' in bi... by jacquesm on Monday August 18, 2025 @11:20AM (#44941618)
Plot twist: 50 years from now they really decode it and it turns out to be exactly that. I'll be eating some crow if that should be the case.
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