Parrot's oratory stuns scientists
The finding of a parrot with an almost unparalleled power to communicate with people has brought scientists up short. The bird, a captive African grey called N'kisi, has a vocabulary of 950 words, and shows signs of a sense of humour. He invents his own words and phrases if he is confronted with novel ideas with which his existing repertoire cannot cope - just as a human child would do.
The way this article reads, anyone would think this (undoubtedly talented) parrot was doing something more than responding vocally to certain stimuli. His claimed talents include the non-existent phenomenon of 'telepathy'. I think his owner must have been sniffing too many of their aromatherapy oils.