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Is it any wonder that “chicken feed” became a slang term for “an insignificant sum of money”? Even the baby birds say it’s “cheep, cheep, cheep.” I know, I groaned, too — and I wrote it. But it ...

This article was taken from the May 2013 issue of Wired magazine. Be the first to read Wired's articles in print before they're posted online, and get your hands on ...

Chatter, chirp, cheep, chirrup, coohoo, tweet and twitter. Birds have their own songs, exchanges and even long conversations. Intimate pairs may even talk in hushed whispers. Words cannot adequately ...