I live in Florida, so we can have this: In Australia, they have a problem with entire flocks of birds such as Cockatoos swearing at people. A wild bird taught by someone or an escaped pet, will teach the rest of its flock through mimicry.
I can imagine it now, entire hoards of parrots and cockatoos quoting Uncle Ruckus. It would be glorious.
I live in Florida, so we can have this: In Australia, they have a problem with entire flocks of birds such as Cockatoos swearing at people. A wild bird taught by someone or an escaped pet, will teach the rest of its flock through mimicry.
I can imagine it now, entire hoards of parrots and cockatoos quoting Uncle Ruckus. It would be glorious.
If any of them use the word "hoser", then it was me, in 1995.
Mimicry - you mean culture as seen from the outside.