Parrots knowing how to imitate human language is very normal, but being able to imitate many different languages is not normal at all, and knowing how to imitate more than 200 languages is truly unique.
Einstein is an African gray parrot that was donated to the Knoxville Zoo in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA in 1992. Thanks to her language skills and surprising intelligence, Einstein became a part of the program.
African gray parrots are famous for their cognitive ability to talk and simulate the sounds they hear.
However, the special thing about Einstein’s parrot is that in addition to its ability to learn vocabulary, it can also imitate many different sounds and cries.
Einstein parrot learned about 200 words and 70 different sounds.
Einstein’s language learning was quite interesting when she realized the meaning of words.
Einstein was also very good at simulating sounds, from the sound of spaceships to the sound of water running out of a faucet.
Because he lived in a zoo, Einstein ‘accidentally’ learned the cries of his neighbors such as chimpanzees, tigers, roosters, cats, dogs, penguins…
Einstein’s popularity caused the famous speech program TED Talk to invite the parrot and her trainer.