Like humans, parrots are social creatures. Deposit Photos Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. It’s common knowledge that parrots can learn to speak like humans , sometimes a little too much. Lincolnshire Wildlife Park in England even has five foul-mouthing African grey parrots ( Psittacus erithacus ). But can they use names the way we do? “Although we know that wild parrots and some other animals have vocal signatures and can even use them to direct communication to other individuals, it is difficult to state precisely that they use names in the same manner as humans,” Christine Dahlin , a professor of biology at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, tells Popular Science .  For example, a 2024 study found that wild African savannah elephants ( Loxodonta africana ) address each other with name-like calls .…