Part 2 - https://youtu.be/doj_wt9ER_Q For over two decades, Professor Toshitaka Suzuki dedicated his life to studying the Japanese tit — a small songbird native to Japan’s forests. Through years of careful observation and experiments, he discovered something incredible: these birds use grammar-like rules and combine sounds to form meaning, much like how humans use language. In this video, we explore how his groundbreaking research challenges what we thought we knew about animal communication, and what it might mean for the way we understand intelligence in the natural world. #birds #science #linguistics #nature #animalcommunication ______________________________________________________________________________________________ A few people have asked if I have a Patreon, so I've set one up. I want to be clear there's absolutely no obligation. All videos will continue to be free. This is just a simple way to support the research, writing and time that goes into the channel. Thank you for watching and enjoying the videos. Patreon: https://patreon.com/ACuriousBirb?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Link to Professor Suzuki discussing the topic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-7xz2HlHk4&t=31s https://vimeo.com/871808034 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi-HQtOt34Q Research Sources and Other Useful Links: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=wi9UUksAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11284-016-1339-x https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11284-016-1339-x https://www.nature.com/articles/srep10239 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Toshitaka-Suzuki/publication/262097880_Mobbing_Calls_of_Japanese_Tits_Signal_Predator_Type_Field_Observations_of_Natural_Predator_Encounters/links/5481cc720cf2941f830a0138/Mobbing-Calls-of-Japanese-Tits-Signal-Predator-Type-Field-Observations-of-Natural-Predator-Encounters.pdf https://link.springer.com/article/10.3758/s13420-019-00374-9 https://www.academia.edu/25269600/Referential_mobbing_calls_elicit_different_predator_searching_behaviours_in_Japanese_great_tits https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982210014521 Professor Suzuki's profile and homepage: https://www.rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/research/people/staff-suzuki_toshitaka.html ____________________________________________________________________________________________ This video uses images and illustrations from Wikimedia Commons, Flickr, and other Creative Commons sources. Unless otherwise stated, all images have been cropped, zoomed, or otherwise modified for video presentation. Full image credits (including authors, licenses, and source links) are available here: FULL IMAGE CREDITS – https://1drv.ms/w/c/d2863ccf42cb2eac/IQBvUOFD6t96SIowqJlWHoRAAVs7DJ07-TFAcJCMObQOnb4?e=NXZNwl