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Would it be reasonable to re-title this to ‘Scientists Teach Parrots to Push a Button’?

I believe the parrots enjoy this experience but do the parrots understand that they are placing a video call?

The interesting issue is not whether the parrots understand they are placing a video call, but rather if they understand they are interacting with another member of the species - apparently they do.

Note that the only reward for pushing the button was a video call.

So it'd be fairer to call it "Parrots will push the start call button repeatedly and then pay attention to the call"

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