Human infants do the same thing. Such efforts are called " referential communication."

人类婴儿也会做同样。这种努力被为“参照性交流”。

That, it turns out, is a sophisticated cognitive phenomenon called referential communication.

实证明，那是一种复杂认知现象，为指交流。

Red-winged blackbirds, which sometimes nest near warblers, do not produce referential alarm calls.

红翅黑鹂有时在黄莺附近筑巢，它们没有发出指未警报叫声。

While the pigs revealed that they were capable of referential communication, they didn't actually turn to people for help.

虽然猪显示出它们能够进行参照性交流，但实际上它们并未向人们寻求帮助。

And those tasks seem to be self referential.

这些任务似乎是自我参照。

Such efforts are called " referential communication." So if dogs behave this way, you might expect the same from their close relatives: wolves.

这种努力被为“参考交流” 。 因此，如果狗有这种行为，你可能会期望它们近亲：狼也有同样行为。

This makes the bat babies babble back, and it might help them learn specific words or referential sounds the same way that motherese helps human babies acquire language.

这让蝙蝠宝宝咿咿呀呀地回话，帮助它们习特定单词或指代声音，就像妈妈语帮助人类婴儿会语言一样。