Hi. As you may know from my other posts, I recently got a 3 year old CAG. Till now it has only been making 'natural parrot sounds' (the whistles, screams..etc that I assume wild CAG make in the wild). No mimicry whatsoever. I am just curious about the mimicry of a CAG. I have read that talking greys are excellent at mimicking human voice and may words in the exact voice of various family members. This brought a question to my mind. If the parrot hears two different people saying the same word (for example a an adult male and a young girl), since the voices are so different, do you think to the parrot this is the same word or two different words? I mean let's say each of those two people are repeating the word "Apple" in very different voices, do you think the parrot recognizes them as the same word or two different words?
Also, another curiosity question. Let's say a CAG always hears the word "Apple" repeated very loudly, but always hears the word "bannana" always said in a very low voice, if the CAG learns both words, will it always say apple in a loud voice and banana in a low voice? Or will it simple learn the word and then varry the volume depending on the situation or it's preference/mood? When I say low and high voice, I mean the same voice but at a low or high volume.
These are just curiosity questions. I am very interested in hearing your opinions.
Thanks
Also, another curiosity question. Let's say a CAG always hears the word "Apple" repeated very loudly, but always hears the word "bannana" always said in a very low voice, if the CAG learns both words, will it always say apple in a loud voice and banana in a low voice? Or will it simple learn the word and then varry the volume depending on the situation or it's preference/mood? When I say low and high voice, I mean the same voice but at a low or high volume.
These are just curiosity questions. I am very interested in hearing your opinions.
Thanks