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[edit]Chimpanzees talking
[edit]Why can't chimpanzees reproduce the sounds of human languages? Is it because they aren't smart enough, or are they just not physically capable of it, due to the structure of their throats, etc? FreeKnowledgeCreator (talk) 23:41, 25 October 2018 (UTC)
- This article[1] indicates it's not quite either one of your options. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 00:29, 26 October 2018 (UTC)
- Why can't humans reproduce the sounds of whale languages? Is it because they aren't smart enough, or are they just not physically capable of it, due to the structure of their throats, etc? --Cookatoo.ergo.ZooM (talk) 16:46, 1 November 2018 (UTC)