Monkeys and Parakeets
If monkeys are more intelligent than parakeets, why can parakeets speak and monkeys can’t?
———- from Jimmy Swinerton of San Francisco
The ability to speak has nothing remotely to do with intelligence. Simply watching television will prove this time and time again. Dr. Joyce Brothers has an IQ that tips the bottom of the scale (it’s alleged) yet she can be fouhd speaking on any number talk shows instead of, well, me! Sure, monkeys chatter, but they don’t pretend to be Carl Sagan or Dr. Science when they screech and howl. Parrots, on the other hand, are imposters and they try tp disguise the fact there’s a nobody home with a lot of commotion at the front door.
The ability to speak has nothing remotely to do with intelligence. Simply watching television will prove this time and time again. Dr. Joyce Brothers has an IQ that tips the bottom of the scale (it’s alleged) yet she can be fouhd speaking on any number talk shows instead of, well, me! Sure, monkeys chatter, but they don’t pretend to be Carl Sagan or Dr. Science when they screech and howl. Parrots, on the other hand, are imposters and they try tp disguise the fact there’s a nobody home with a lot of commotion at the front door. 