Papağanlar çoğunlukla insan konuşmasını taklit eder.
- Parrots often imitate human speech.
Fakat Pepperberg papağan ile çalışmanın daha şimdiden hayvanlara bakmanın şeklini değiştirdiğini söylüyor.
- But Pepperberg says working with the parrot has already changed the way of looking at animals.
Kitaplardan öğrendikleri şeyleri papağan gibi tekrarlayan insanlardan nefret ederim.
- I hate people who just parrot things they've learned from books.
Mrs Merdle was at home, and was in her nest of crimson and gold, with the parrot on a neighbouring stem watching her with his head on one side, as if he took her for another splendid parrot of a larger species.
So when political leaders parrot the tobacco company line, say cigarettes are not necessarily addictive, and oppose our efforts to keep tobacco away from our children, they continue to cater to powerful interests, but they're not standing up for parents and children.