Last year, Christine Keller's ex-husband Martin Durham was murdered in his Michigan home.
去年,凱勒的前夫馬丁·達勒姆在他密歇根的家里被謀殺了。
Keller received custody of Durham's African grey parrot after his death
達勒姆死后凱勒收養了他的非洲鸚鵡。
and ever since Keller says the parrot has been reenacting scenes which she believes were the final moments of Durham's life.
自那時起,凱勒稱鸚鵡一直在重演案發場景,她認為這是達勒姆生命的最后時刻。
Now prosecutors are wondering how they can use the bird as an eyewitness in this unprecedented scenario.
針對這前所未有的情況,檢察官感到疑惑,該如何使用這只鸚鵡作為目擊者。
If the parrot is allowed to testify this could change how non-human species are represented in the courtroom and could change the way we think of animals in general.
如果鸚鵡被允許作證,這可能會改寫非人類物種在法庭上作為代表,并改變我們通常對動物的認知。
African grey parrots have the intelligence of a five or six year old child.
非洲灰鸚鵡有五或六歲孩子的智力。
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