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One of the reasons they mimic is because they are for the most part social beings. There are appearently different dialects for different flocks of the same birds. This it self might be a a way for them identify if there is another bird from another flock near by. But baby parrots learn to speak like their parrots so they have to learn their speech the way human babies do. As for playing, lots of animals play. Animals are not automatons, and short of anthropomorphsizing (sp?) I find no reason to doubt that they actually have fun, and enjoy, get angry and hate, and maybe even more. I'm not sure there is an evolutionary cause for us to have developed how to play either, but we do, and so do other animals.
Melanie
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