About this episode

In this episode, Evan interviews Dr. Irene Pepperberg about the complex ways animals communicate and the science behind it.

People use language to express themselves, but do you ever wonder how other animals communicate with each other? If they don’t speak like us, how do they convey information? In our first Animal Talk episode we learned about the complex ways animals communicate, and how some species even have their own languages and dialects. In “Paw 2” we find out even more about the amazing world of animal talk, and about the science behind linguistic development in animals. Evan interviews Dr. Irene Pepperb...

People in this episode

Host: Evan

Guest: Dr. Irene Pepperberg

Topics covered

• animal communication
• linguistic development
• animal languages
• science
• interviews

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Organizations: Brain Broccoli Productions

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