talking animals

[Donkey]

Is a parrot the only animal that can talk English even if it is only a couple of words

[ali_alic]

Well Esther Ransen had a dog on her show that could say "sausages", does that count?

[Rabelais]

Mynah birds are pretty damn hot at talking (though I have only ever heard them swear)

[New Forester]

Humans are an animal, and many of them do talk some form of English... I once heard on the radio what was supposed to be a sealion speaking. It could say about five words (in an American accent). It sounded much like Scooby Doo, as you might expect. I can't remember enough about it to say whether it was a genuine item or a wind-up -- anyone else remember this? Some parrots can say more than a few words, and even understand what some words mean. There's a famous one which can answer simple questions about objects, such as what colour or shape they are, giving one-word answers. It can also pick out objects by size, shape etc. I think it has a vocabulary of about 50 words. Apart from many species of parrot and parakeet, quite a few other birds can mimic words. Ones I know of are European jay, magpie & jackdaw (no doubt other crows too), as well as starling & mynah.

[Ember]

A friend of mine had a magpie from a fledgling and eventually it talked.

[Philtaz]

Don't budgies talk as well?

[New Forester]

Philtaz - budgies are a parakeet, which is parrot family if not an actual parrot. There are also cockatiels, which if I remember right are not quite parrots, but not quite parakeets either (the one I had could only say "squawk!"). So all those birds are in the parrot family, crow family & starling family (mynahs are starlings). I wonder about other birds known for mimicry, such as lyre birds and marsh warbler?

[londondave]

Parrots talk in any language that is known to them! Ie French and Hindu. Our parrrot sings "always look on the bright side of live" If you put your jacket on he will say Bye Bye see You later. If u have food he will say Can I have some. and so much more too