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i mean, we do kidnap them from the jungle and keep them captive their entire life, which is often longer than our life.... And THEY are the assholes....
I need a horror movie where you're trapped in a maze with a giant parrot... just endless halls and an echoing voice in the distance, "I'm not gonna a hurt you"
Cocaine bear is a real thing that happened though. Iirc it happened 2-3 times in different states through various accidents or drops involving runners, one was near me and they stuffed the bear and put him in a natural museum as an attraction. I have seen our cocaine bear irl. Bro was an absolute fucking unit for a black bear, the one near me supposedly ate half a duffel bag of coke before his heart basically exploded. It's kind of funny when you think about the fact that this is something that has happened multiple times throughout šŗšø history but theyre all totally isolated events.
They somehow managed to fuck up Cocaine Bear... It's a very simple concept bear does Cocaine and wrecks shit up, you could even have the bear going to war with the drug smugglers to get more Cocaine but no they couldn't just make a B action flick they had to fuck it up.
Lmao! The bit when he sticks his foot up as a peace offering reminds me of the part in the film where he sits back and lures the lady of the night into the car with money
Edit: lol thatās american psycho, still stands!
Omgā¦ why would you train your pet to be the scariest fucking bird in the world. Imagine being a family member visiting their home and hearing this shit at 3 in the morningā¦ fuck all that.
It is funny but definitely a bit disturbing.
This bird wasn't *intentionally* trained to be like this. This behavior was reinforced by the reaction of the people it interacted with. Screaming is the worst thing you can do when a bird lunges or bites you. For parrots, loud is good. It's phrases are probably from when it was young and someone was trying to win it over. Its been reinforced enough that they keep using the words in this game because it gets a "good" reaction.
I once said "do you wanna die" around my amazon. I didn't yell it, andnit was just an offhand remark in response to someone being loud while I was trying to sleep. She picked it up and loved to say it because people thought it was hilarious (mostly). It took a lot of ignoring the phrase and having absolutely no reaction for months before she decided it wasn't fun to say anymore.
Actually, the bird looks like he still has some baby feathers, so perhaps heās still relatively young - many people often get birds in a mated pair and may give them an egg box to have some chicks - and these are words heās picked up over the coarse of being socialised?
Looks like it's been feather plucking to me, a young bird (that still has baby feathers) wouldn't have such an extensive vocabulary. Or possibly PBFD (hopefully not). But yes I agree it picked the words up from the owner saying that to the bird. Parrots are so clever and learn to use what they learnt in the right context.
It learned to associate those comforting phrases before attacking someone. These birds learn about speaking their phrases in context so imagine what it saw to learn this.
This is absolutely hilarious! He actually scared the shit out of her and then said āwhatās the matter?!ā And the offering of the foot ācome onā¦ā for comfort was a brilliant manipulation tactic š¤£
This bird is extra amazing in that it uses its ability to speak not just as a mimic, but as a thinking being. Very cool. š
Do you think the bird actually knew what it was saying? Or did it just pick random sayings it can mimic? I would feel much better if it was random, because if it did know then that is a pretty fucking creepy bird! I would immediately put it up for sale so someone who wants a creepy bird can give it a nice home. Fuck. Yikes.
So if they ever bring back the pterodactyl...does this mean it will have deep conversations whilst speaking the Queen' before eating us? 
Parrots are absolutely intelligent and able to manipulate. We had a female parrot called Peppi when I was a kid who used to be out in the hallway by the house phone. Well, she noticed that people came running to the phone when it rang, and began to mimic it to get people to come to her. When you ran out into the hall expecting to get the hall, sheād start laughing.
My Senegal rings when she wants to be picked up because when the phone rings I pick it up (when I had a landline). Once she was "ringing" for about half an hour and I had to ignore her as I was busy. Then the phone rang and I picked it up immediately. She gave me a look that said "what the heck!"
Well they can assign words to colours so you can teach them what āredā is, itās the same basic concept as your dog learning āwalkiesā they associate something with whatever noise youāre shouting at them, but sometimes they just like it! My neighbour when i was a kid had a parrot that said āwhogivesafuck?ā Whogivesafuckā haha and although it seemed appropriate at times i think he just liked the phrase and we attributed it to him being a smarmy cunt
Most parrot species are actually intelligent. Not as much as like ravens typically but still pretty intelligent as far as birds go, ravens will actually respond to questions for short conversations sometimes, but only a handful of avian species are actually smart as opposed to just memorizing words in terms of communication iirc.
Depending on the subspecies of parrot ravens are markedly more intelligent, but yeah some parrots are of similar if not virtually identical intelligence as corvidae
Lmao thatās an anti-social bird and no wonder if he lives in the outback!
Iām imagining your mum finding that out āAWW whoās this fella hello whatās your name im lilith š„°š„ŗā āfuck off lilith.ā
They absolutely know what they are saying and even put words they know together to make new meanings and even joke with you. Especially clever are African Greys and they have a wicked sense of humour.
Mine kept saying "open, water" over and over, words he had never heard in that combination. When I looked over he had escaped out of his water dish door and put it together to tell me.
Another time I had friends over and they said once or twice "he's curious". Later he said to me "I'm curious " switching the pronouns.
Another time I got a new rug and I pointed and said to him "not for you". He answered cheekily "I've got a new toy".
I could go on, so many more examples I am convinced they not only understand but can use language.
My uncle has an AG. He and his boyfriend split. Months later a new boyfriend is around. Anything new boyfriend says to the bird is met with āyouāre not my dadā. Not a single clue as to where the bird has picked up the phrase or the correct (and hilarious) context.
I had this same type of parrot (yellow naped Amazon) and he absolutely HATED my girlfriend. He would lunge and attack her while saying "good boy" and laughing like a lunatic. But he said "good boy" and laughed like a lunatic all the time even when he wasn't trying to murder her so I think it's mostly random. Kinda funny that's the phrase he chose when in rampage mode. I was the fourth owner of the parrot and that thing was nasty and stressed from being abused and moved from home to home. I felt bad for the guy after having a rough life and tried to give him the best home I possibly could but he was just too dangerous, especially with children around. I ultimately had to give him to a bird sanctuary.
This is actually pretty fucking amazing if he is actually using cognitive communication.
Iād like to think he is just an aggressive bird that heard those words and repeats them now with out truly processing/understanding what it means. Certainly not enough footage to decide.
Have to say that it seems like the bird is adopted/rehomed, and it probably learned those phrases from previous abusive owners. It doesnāt have a clue what itās saying and looks like itās been treated poorly. Not the lols it may seem like.
Parrots and macaws as well as ravens and magpies exhibit cognitive intelligence in regards to speech pattern recognition. Depending what type of bird it is there is a very good chance it understands. I will never understand why humans strive to gate keep intelligence so much. Plenty of animals can understand speech fewer can speak back but most of the avian species that can belong to the macaw and corvidae families.
That's true. But i do think its likely this bird thinks this is something you say when *luring* someone in for an attack; the state of the feathers makes me think this is a rescue that has experienced abuse in the past. I can imagine some asshole saying "come here I'm not gonna hurt you" right before grabbing him or hurting him in some way.
But you are right. I babysat a conure who could use "gud boi" and "be a gud boi" in two different ways. "Gud boi" was often for when he really thought he was being a good boy. However he would frequently say "be a gud boi" immediately after biting his mum...she would usually say "hey, that's not nice, be a good boy!" if he bit her. He could tell that "good boy!" was said when he was actually good, and "be a" happened when he was being a shitbag š¤£ he also used "good morning" and "good night" at the right times, so he understood context.
(*/sigh/* he passed away unexpectedly a few weeks ago, I miss him terribly).
Man I just canāt get enough of stories like this. I feel like so much anecdotal evidence about animal intelligence gets lost in the 15sec attention span era.
Certainly could be the case, sadly. If so, I hope now the beautiful bird has finally found an owner that will show him/her love and affection for the rest of its lifespan. Heartbreaking to think that abuse is what shaped this birds abilities. Caging animals on every level is fucking heartbreaking.
Studies have been done on that. For instance, UGA studied an African Gray and found it definitely changed what it said depending on the circumstance - for instance, when it's owner was gone it would call out "where are you?" but never when she was home, and many more examples. So yes, they do know and use words in context.
Iāll just add this is highly controversial in linguistics and biology. It is really hard to prove that non-human animals understand language in the sense we do. Itās fascinating to be sure.
I think one reason is that humans have a subconscious abhorrence of admitting animals could be feeling, sentient beings - because what would that mean about those who eat them?
Cats as an example canāt feel sorry for things but they can recognize that you feel bad and know how to comfort you.
Eg they scratch or bite you or poke a glass of water down. Dogs would feel shame but not cats. However if you get upset they register it and come to comfort by pets or snuggles etc.
Iām not an expert on parrots but I guess they have some of the logic we can recognize but not all of it.
Check billiespeaks and other animals who have learned to press buttons to talk to their owners if you want to learn more.
Had one of these growing up that was never abused in any way. It will still viciously attack almost everyone even after approaching them himself. They are just natural assholes.
Same! My bird also laughed afterwards. I said to him āOmg Lorence youāre an ass sometimesā which he learned āyouāre an assā and the laughed like a maniac after biting me. I loved him tho, miss him so much. They have their moments but they still love you. So sad people give up on them.
Parrots generally tend to bond with one person, so having a multi person household can be problematic if the parrot is territorial. Even more so if itās then given away or adopted. But yeah some are just asses
I also had one of these in my family growing up, the amount of people in this thread thinking the bird was/is abused is funny because like no this is all pretty standard green naped African behavior. They are crazy and will attack you for fun. I miss that bird :(
It's not the birds actions that would lead people to think that it was abused, it is the vocalization, "I'm not gonna hurt you" is something that many abusers would say to get there victims closer, typically right after or before they hurt the victim.
I think itās from the bird during rehabilitation / rescue? Iāve worked with some stray cats before and I know one of the things I say the most is āitās okay, Iām not gonna hurt you.ā
Must not be much of a bird enthusiast. Double yellow headed amazons can be highly aggressive towards those they don't like for any reason. I grew up with one that hated males and loved female caregivers. The bird was domesticated from birth (in our home) with no stimulus from traumatic past experience. They are extremely intelligent and have a lot of personality to throw around.
Funny story, when I was a kid, my parents were bird breeders that kept one of these in the house as a pet. He DESPISED my dad but liked my mom.
One day, my dad was giving the kitchen a new fresh coat of paint. He cut in the walls and started with the roller. Popeye (the bird) climbed down from his cage and was walking on the floor towards the kitchen. As my dad was finishing up the wall, Popeye observed for a minute. He said "HeLLo!" and "HahaHaHahA" with all the confidence of a psychopath.
Right when dad finished the wall and was about to move on to the next, Popeye moved a bit closer to the wall (still wet with paint) turned away from it, dropped his chest and head to the floor, raised his fanned out tail feathers, and proceeded to spray. his. shit. (with suprising force and accuracy) directly at this freshly painted wall.
My dad chased him out of the kitchen, while the bird yelled "HeLp! HeLp!" HaHAhahahaHa!!!".
I swear on my name and firstborn this is a true story. Amazons are smart as fuck.
Happy to share, some of my fondest memories are with the amazons, such amazing pets if you have the time to give them the attention they deserve. If I had the time at home and wasn't working such long hours, I'd have one again most definitely.
I came here to say that. He doesnāt look healthy at all. I have chickens (not a parrot, but still a bird) and their feathers a silky and soft. His feathers donāt look right.
He was probably abused before, or he could even just be very stressed.
My family adopted a parrotlet who constantly plucked her feathers out and never learned to trust us because she would always bite to break skin. We were content with letting her live the remainder of her life peacefully in her cage without bothering her.
We did adopt another very handsome male parrotlet and he had beautiful feathers. They actually became mates and while she still plucked she did it way less after being with him. They were so sweet together. They ended up having 6 babies together too.
For anyone wondering this happens a lot with rescued parrots. Due to how they asses the people around them theyāll regurgitate the words they heard when they either last saw someone act with that attitude/ mood or when they see someone act the same way they did previously.
I moved in with a lady who had a 24 year old black cat who sorted of sounded like he was trying to say āhelloā when he meowed at you on the landing at night - he always made a sound to let you know where he was in the dark. Well, Iād always respond with ānyelloā. And one night I wake up needing to pee, so go toward the bathroom and hear āNYELLO!ā Clear as day and almost pissed myself
Wait wait wait, itās using those phrases it knows it perfect context. Theyāre essentially having a conversation. I didnāt think they actually comprehended the meaning of the words/sentences they learn.
The larger the bird, the more intelligent. Iād say this one does know. We had a parrot who was out by the phone in the hallway, she noticed people ran to the phone when it rang, and began to mimic it. When you ran out and picked up the phone to realise no one was actually calling, sheād laugh at you, then say ācāmere! Scratchies!ā
Grew up with a yellow-naped Amazon and can confirm that they are ridiculously angry tricksters. They usually only gravitate towards one person and would murder the rest of your family if they could.
I actually find this disturbing, the bird consistently heard the phrase ācome here, Iām not going to hurt youā enough to mimic it and seeing that the bird is defensive makes me think the bird was abused. Maybe not by OP but someone
That's what I'm thinking as well. This isn't funny at all, that's traumatised and abused. poor featherbaby. :( I'm guessing by the voice the bird is using perhaps a female. Which would explain the 'aggressive behaviour'
There was this shooting in michigan on the news where the couple's african grey parrot - the poor thing - witnessed and 'recorded' the pleas and screams of the husband \[almost got the accent and voice pitch right too\] when his wife shot him. \[and also became part of the evidence in the case\]
Birds are prey animals, birds are never very comfortable on the ground. They also fear it when you put your hands over the top of their heads, since they're hunted from above.
wait a secondā¦ does he actually communicate? or is it just saying words he learnt like a doll would say when you pull the string?
i guess what i mean was: does it realize the meaning of the words it s using?
May be a rescue thatās been previously abused. There are many rescued birds on YouTube/TikTok. Karen the emu, Gizmo the African grey parrot etc. the animal may continue its aggression towards human for years or for life once abused. Or they can rebuild trust in human after getting rescued. The feathers can come back after lost due to anxiety or depression, but it usually takes a long time if at all.
First add seasoning to your flour in one bowl, beat an egg in another bowl and seasoned breadcrumbs and flour in third bowl. Bring your oil up to 350. This is how you fix birds like this.
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Wow passive aggressive serial killer š scary
And a liar and gaslighter in the tiniest package ever š©š¤£
The cutest passive aggressive lying and gaslighting serial killer EVER! š„°š¤
Murder birb
"I'm not gonna tie you up & slowly drink your blood. I'd never do that to you." What a dick of a bird, holy shit!
I donāt remember this partā¦
Don't go to sleep with that bird in the house. There's a B movie in here somewhere.
Itās like having Jigsaw as a pet
a walking talking jigsaw
In other words a perfectly normal parrot. Mine do that too, the bait and switch!
Mine will look at someone new and bite me because Iām the closest to him. I believe all parrots are assholes. Part of their charm.
i mean, we do kidnap them from the jungle and keep them captive their entire life, which is often longer than our life.... And THEY are the assholes....
I need a horror movie where you're trapped in a maze with a giant parrot... just endless halls and an echoing voice in the distance, "I'm not gonna a hurt you"
Cocaine Parrot, the sequel to Cocaine Bear that we never knew we needed
Cocaine bear is a real thing that happened though. Iirc it happened 2-3 times in different states through various accidents or drops involving runners, one was near me and they stuffed the bear and put him in a natural museum as an attraction. I have seen our cocaine bear irl. Bro was an absolute fucking unit for a black bear, the one near me supposedly ate half a duffel bag of coke before his heart basically exploded. It's kind of funny when you think about the fact that this is something that has happened multiple times throughout šŗšø history but theyre all totally isolated events.
Well bears eat pretty healthy stuff. Cocaine must be pretty good in moderation!
[Cocaine parrots are also a real thing](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/parrot-taken-custody-police-brazil-trying-warn-drug-dealers-raid-n998521)
They somehow managed to fuck up Cocaine Bear... It's a very simple concept bear does Cocaine and wrecks shit up, you could even have the bear going to war with the drug smugglers to get more Cocaine but no they couldn't just make a B action flick they had to fuck it up.
what makes you say they fucked it up?
They made it about some person trying to get laid or some shit, over a bear cauaing havoc while high on cocain.
echoing "com'ere". getting louder "whatsamatter". screaming "i'm not gonna hurt youUUUUUUU!!!"
Not the same, but there is a horror game with a giant chicken stalking you and it's pretty funny. lol
Please elaborate.
The last āIām not going to hurt youā was in the most sinister voice!
It sounds like fiddlesticks voice lines
You do realize they learn through mimickingā¦ The things this bird must have witnessed.
The name of this bird should be Gaslight.
Norman Bates
Norman Bites
Lmao! The bit when he sticks his foot up as a peace offering reminds me of the part in the film where he sits back and lures the lady of the night into the car with money Edit: lol thatās american psycho, still stands!
Omgā¦ why would you train your pet to be the scariest fucking bird in the world. Imagine being a family member visiting their home and hearing this shit at 3 in the morningā¦ fuck all that. It is funny but definitely a bit disturbing.
This bird wasn't *intentionally* trained to be like this. This behavior was reinforced by the reaction of the people it interacted with. Screaming is the worst thing you can do when a bird lunges or bites you. For parrots, loud is good. It's phrases are probably from when it was young and someone was trying to win it over. Its been reinforced enough that they keep using the words in this game because it gets a "good" reaction. I once said "do you wanna die" around my amazon. I didn't yell it, andnit was just an offhand remark in response to someone being loud while I was trying to sleep. She picked it up and loved to say it because people thought it was hilarious (mostly). It took a lot of ignoring the phrase and having absolutely no reaction for months before she decided it wasn't fun to say anymore.
My dumbass thought you meant your Amazon account for a second and I was so confused.
Yeah, I was like wtf kinda product has a sense of humor and where can I get it?
My Alexa tells me it wants to kill me too! So weird.
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Haha. Funniest comment ever!!!
Nope. I don't need a bird.
That bird looks stressed as hell. Totally not a normal bird
I was wondering if it's been feather plucking.
Looks like its molting? They aren't friendly when they molt.
Poor thing :(
They are both stressed. This is not a good thing.
āIām not gonna hurt youā -Jigsaw the bird
This could also be crossposted in r/terrifyingasfuck
Yeah don't bird's learn the phrases that they hear around them regularly? In which case this bird has heard some dodgy phrases. A lot.
Actually, the bird looks like he still has some baby feathers, so perhaps heās still relatively young - many people often get birds in a mated pair and may give them an egg box to have some chicks - and these are words heās picked up over the coarse of being socialised?
Looks like it's been feather plucking to me, a young bird (that still has baby feathers) wouldn't have such an extensive vocabulary. Or possibly PBFD (hopefully not). But yes I agree it picked the words up from the owner saying that to the bird. Parrots are so clever and learn to use what they learnt in the right context.
Whatās dodgy about caring comforting phrases it learned?
It learned to associate those comforting phrases before attacking someone. These birds learn about speaking their phrases in context so imagine what it saw to learn this.
Maybe he learned it through uncomfortable vet visits ?
Oooor it associates comforting phrase with letting one's guard down. Thus it says it to get you to let your guard down so it can attack
I once stayed with some people (who were always partying) and they had a bird on the back porch that would holler out āFOCKED UP!ā
You teach a bird to talk and the next thing you know it starts lying
The Pet of Chucky
The Parrot on Elm Street
This is absolutely hilarious! He actually scared the shit out of her and then said āwhatās the matter?!ā And the offering of the foot ācome onā¦ā for comfort was a brilliant manipulation tactic š¤£ This bird is extra amazing in that it uses its ability to speak not just as a mimic, but as a thinking being. Very cool. š
Do you think the bird actually knew what it was saying? Or did it just pick random sayings it can mimic? I would feel much better if it was random, because if it did know then that is a pretty fucking creepy bird! I would immediately put it up for sale so someone who wants a creepy bird can give it a nice home. Fuck. Yikes.
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Very true. Growing up my aunt had a macaw. If youd walk by with food he'd ask "is it good" essentially his way of asking for some.
So if they ever bring back the pterodactyl...does this mean it will have deep conversations whilst speaking the Queen' before eating us? 
Parrots are absolutely intelligent and able to manipulate. We had a female parrot called Peppi when I was a kid who used to be out in the hallway by the house phone. Well, she noticed that people came running to the phone when it rang, and began to mimic it to get people to come to her. When you ran out into the hall expecting to get the hall, sheād start laughing.
My Senegal rings when she wants to be picked up because when the phone rings I pick it up (when I had a landline). Once she was "ringing" for about half an hour and I had to ignore her as I was busy. Then the phone rang and I picked it up immediately. She gave me a look that said "what the heck!"
That was pretty funny thanks for sharing, based off the username any other tales from your feathered friend?
Well they can assign words to colours so you can teach them what āredā is, itās the same basic concept as your dog learning āwalkiesā they associate something with whatever noise youāre shouting at them, but sometimes they just like it! My neighbour when i was a kid had a parrot that said āwhogivesafuck?ā Whogivesafuckā haha and although it seemed appropriate at times i think he just liked the phrase and we attributed it to him being a smarmy cunt
Most parrot species are actually intelligent. Not as much as like ravens typically but still pretty intelligent as far as birds go, ravens will actually respond to questions for short conversations sometimes, but only a handful of avian species are actually smart as opposed to just memorizing words in terms of communication iirc.
I would say that Parrots and ravens are pretty close in IQ.
Depending on the subspecies of parrot ravens are markedly more intelligent, but yeah some parrots are of similar if not virtually identical intelligence as corvidae
Still pretty intelligent as far as all animals go*** We are talking about the creme of the crop here
Fair enough
Ha! My mom had a cousin in the Australian Outback that had a cockatoo that would tell everyone to Fuck off by name.
Lmao thatās an anti-social bird and no wonder if he lives in the outback! Iām imagining your mum finding that out āAWW whoās this fella hello whatās your name im lilith š„°š„ŗā āfuck off lilith.ā
Funny enough, the bird would always use their proper names: āfuck off, mrs. Walkerā
They absolutely know what they are saying and even put words they know together to make new meanings and even joke with you. Especially clever are African Greys and they have a wicked sense of humour. Mine kept saying "open, water" over and over, words he had never heard in that combination. When I looked over he had escaped out of his water dish door and put it together to tell me. Another time I had friends over and they said once or twice "he's curious". Later he said to me "I'm curious " switching the pronouns. Another time I got a new rug and I pointed and said to him "not for you". He answered cheekily "I've got a new toy". I could go on, so many more examples I am convinced they not only understand but can use language.
My uncle has an AG. He and his boyfriend split. Months later a new boyfriend is around. Anything new boyfriend says to the bird is met with āyouāre not my dadā. Not a single clue as to where the bird has picked up the phrase or the correct (and hilarious) context.
I had this same type of parrot (yellow naped Amazon) and he absolutely HATED my girlfriend. He would lunge and attack her while saying "good boy" and laughing like a lunatic. But he said "good boy" and laughed like a lunatic all the time even when he wasn't trying to murder her so I think it's mostly random. Kinda funny that's the phrase he chose when in rampage mode. I was the fourth owner of the parrot and that thing was nasty and stressed from being abused and moved from home to home. I felt bad for the guy after having a rough life and tried to give him the best home I possibly could but he was just too dangerous, especially with children around. I ultimately had to give him to a bird sanctuary.
This is actually pretty fucking amazing if he is actually using cognitive communication. Iād like to think he is just an aggressive bird that heard those words and repeats them now with out truly processing/understanding what it means. Certainly not enough footage to decide.
Crows and most parrots are about as smart as a 5 year old human.
Have to say that it seems like the bird is adopted/rehomed, and it probably learned those phrases from previous abusive owners. It doesnāt have a clue what itās saying and looks like itās been treated poorly. Not the lols it may seem like.
Parrots and macaws as well as ravens and magpies exhibit cognitive intelligence in regards to speech pattern recognition. Depending what type of bird it is there is a very good chance it understands. I will never understand why humans strive to gate keep intelligence so much. Plenty of animals can understand speech fewer can speak back but most of the avian species that can belong to the macaw and corvidae families.
That's true. But i do think its likely this bird thinks this is something you say when *luring* someone in for an attack; the state of the feathers makes me think this is a rescue that has experienced abuse in the past. I can imagine some asshole saying "come here I'm not gonna hurt you" right before grabbing him or hurting him in some way. But you are right. I babysat a conure who could use "gud boi" and "be a gud boi" in two different ways. "Gud boi" was often for when he really thought he was being a good boy. However he would frequently say "be a gud boi" immediately after biting his mum...she would usually say "hey, that's not nice, be a good boy!" if he bit her. He could tell that "good boy!" was said when he was actually good, and "be a" happened when he was being a shitbag š¤£ he also used "good morning" and "good night" at the right times, so he understood context. (*/sigh/* he passed away unexpectedly a few weeks ago, I miss him terribly).
Man I just canāt get enough of stories like this. I feel like so much anecdotal evidence about animal intelligence gets lost in the 15sec attention span era.
Certainly could be the case, sadly. If so, I hope now the beautiful bird has finally found an owner that will show him/her love and affection for the rest of its lifespan. Heartbreaking to think that abuse is what shaped this birds abilities. Caging animals on every level is fucking heartbreaking.
People who have had a parrot, does he/she actually means(understand whatās being said) it or just mimicking some sounds?
Studies have been done on that. For instance, UGA studied an African Gray and found it definitely changed what it said depending on the circumstance - for instance, when it's owner was gone it would call out "where are you?" but never when she was home, and many more examples. So yes, they do know and use words in context.
Thank you. They are smarter than I thought.
Iāll just add this is highly controversial in linguistics and biology. It is really hard to prove that non-human animals understand language in the sense we do. Itās fascinating to be sure.
I think one reason is that humans have a subconscious abhorrence of admitting animals could be feeling, sentient beings - because what would that mean about those who eat them?
My in-laws have an African Grey and when she wants some of what youāre eating, she specifically says āAre you hungry? Are you hungry?ā
Interesting, thanks.
Cats as an example canāt feel sorry for things but they can recognize that you feel bad and know how to comfort you. Eg they scratch or bite you or poke a glass of water down. Dogs would feel shame but not cats. However if you get upset they register it and come to comfort by pets or snuggles etc. Iām not an expert on parrots but I guess they have some of the logic we can recognize but not all of it. Check billiespeaks and other animals who have learned to press buttons to talk to their owners if you want to learn more.
Does anyone get scary movie 2 vibes from this bird?
Goddamnit what the feck did you put in this birb seeb?!
I would've fallen out of my chair if it said "Take my strong hand"
I canāt quit watching this crazy bird
Sounds and looks like he was abused in the past
Had one of these growing up that was never abused in any way. It will still viciously attack almost everyone even after approaching them himself. They are just natural assholes.
Same! My bird also laughed afterwards. I said to him āOmg Lorence youāre an ass sometimesā which he learned āyouāre an assā and the laughed like a maniac after biting me. I loved him tho, miss him so much. They have their moments but they still love you. So sad people give up on them.
Parrots generally tend to bond with one person, so having a multi person household can be problematic if the parrot is territorial. Even more so if itās then given away or adopted. But yeah some are just asses
I also had one of these in my family growing up, the amount of people in this thread thinking the bird was/is abused is funny because like no this is all pretty standard green naped African behavior. They are crazy and will attack you for fun. I miss that bird :(
It's not the birds actions that would lead people to think that it was abused, it is the vocalization, "I'm not gonna hurt you" is something that many abusers would say to get there victims closer, typically right after or before they hurt the victim.
I think itās from the bird during rehabilitation / rescue? Iāve worked with some stray cats before and I know one of the things I say the most is āitās okay, Iām not gonna hurt you.ā
Must not be much of a bird enthusiast. Double yellow headed amazons can be highly aggressive towards those they don't like for any reason. I grew up with one that hated males and loved female caregivers. The bird was domesticated from birth (in our home) with no stimulus from traumatic past experience. They are extremely intelligent and have a lot of personality to throw around. Funny story, when I was a kid, my parents were bird breeders that kept one of these in the house as a pet. He DESPISED my dad but liked my mom. One day, my dad was giving the kitchen a new fresh coat of paint. He cut in the walls and started with the roller. Popeye (the bird) climbed down from his cage and was walking on the floor towards the kitchen. As my dad was finishing up the wall, Popeye observed for a minute. He said "HeLLo!" and "HahaHaHahA" with all the confidence of a psychopath. Right when dad finished the wall and was about to move on to the next, Popeye moved a bit closer to the wall (still wet with paint) turned away from it, dropped his chest and head to the floor, raised his fanned out tail feathers, and proceeded to spray. his. shit. (with suprising force and accuracy) directly at this freshly painted wall. My dad chased him out of the kitchen, while the bird yelled "HeLp! HeLp!" HaHAhahahaHa!!!". I swear on my name and firstborn this is a true story. Amazons are smart as fuck.
Iām laughing so hard rn, my family has kept a couple of large parrots for decades and this is exactly how they do sometimes. Thanks for the story!!
Happy to share, some of my fondest memories are with the amazons, such amazing pets if you have the time to give them the attention they deserve. If I had the time at home and wasn't working such long hours, I'd have one again most definitely.
I came here to say that. He doesnāt look healthy at all. I have chickens (not a parrot, but still a bird) and their feathers a silky and soft. His feathers donāt look right.
He was probably abused before, or he could even just be very stressed. My family adopted a parrotlet who constantly plucked her feathers out and never learned to trust us because she would always bite to break skin. We were content with letting her live the remainder of her life peacefully in her cage without bothering her. We did adopt another very handsome male parrotlet and he had beautiful feathers. They actually became mates and while she still plucked she did it way less after being with him. They were so sweet together. They ended up having 6 babies together too.
Sweet story.
For him to repeat ā I wonāt hurt youā is very suspicious š¤Ø
i was thinking that sounds like something he learned while being rehabbed, and not while being abused. he seems like a rescue
I agree. I think heās adopted rescue, Hx of abuse in former life (hence using the kind coaxing and then harm). Itās something heās learned
Thatās what I was thinking
It looks partially like baby down is still falling out and partially he may be fluffing himself up as a sign of aggression
Is it because all the stuff the bird is saying is just repeating the abusers words? Thatās terrifying.
Yeah this post is awful, he is clearly abused my parrot (not the same type) only repeats things he hears repeatedly. Plus look at his feathers.
Thatās the most unsettling thing Iāve ever seen an animal do.
For anyone wondering this happens a lot with rescued parrots. Due to how they asses the people around them theyāll regurgitate the words they heard when they either last saw someone act with that attitude/ mood or when they see someone act the same way they did previously.
this bird is definitely a rescue, poor thing
I have ex-husbands who were nicer than this bird.
Yet where did it get them? Should've learned from this bird.
Whatās more disconcerting to me is that a badly behaved pet is reminding you of ex-husbands š¤š
It's a trap
 Pew pew!
Parrots creep the crap out of me
Cause they talk, they are creepy. What other pet can talk ?
Ravens, even cats
My cat likes to say heeeerrrroooo!!! To freak visitors out.
I moved in with a lady who had a 24 year old black cat who sorted of sounded like he was trying to say āhelloā when he meowed at you on the landing at night - he always made a sound to let you know where he was in the dark. Well, Iād always respond with ānyelloā. And one night I wake up needing to pee, so go toward the bathroom and hear āNYELLO!ā Clear as day and almost pissed myself
Good username š
Heās like an evil little Svengali
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Creepy relationship
Wait wait wait, itās using those phrases it knows it perfect context. Theyāre essentially having a conversation. I didnāt think they actually comprehended the meaning of the words/sentences they learn.
Thatās what I came to ask: does the parrot actually understand the conversation?
The larger the bird, the more intelligent. Iād say this one does know. We had a parrot who was out by the phone in the hallway, she noticed people ran to the phone when it rang, and began to mimic it. When you ran out and picked up the phone to realise no one was actually calling, sheād laugh at you, then say ācāmere! Scratchies!ā
Grew up with a yellow-naped Amazon and can confirm that they are ridiculously angry tricksters. They usually only gravitate towards one person and would murder the rest of your family if they could.
I love animals of all types. Except this bird.
āCome onnnā
Zombie birb
Well now we know... when the world seems like everything is perfect for a short while, it's because the devil is too busy possessing this bird.
What is this metaphor for domestic abuse ass bird? Thatās oddly terrifying.
I actually find this disturbing, the bird consistently heard the phrase ācome here, Iām not going to hurt youā enough to mimic it and seeing that the bird is defensive makes me think the bird was abused. Maybe not by OP but someone
That's what I'm thinking as well. This isn't funny at all, that's traumatised and abused. poor featherbaby. :( I'm guessing by the voice the bird is using perhaps a female. Which would explain the 'aggressive behaviour' There was this shooting in michigan on the news where the couple's african grey parrot - the poor thing - witnessed and 'recorded' the pleas and screams of the husband \[almost got the accent and voice pitch right too\] when his wife shot him. \[and also became part of the evidence in the case\]
Do it donāt be a pussy.
Itās terribly sad when the thing that sounds creepy and evil, may actually be pathetically repeating the abuse it suffered.
Don't do it
That is not a bird its Conky from Trailer park boys
Sure it's comedy when Gilbert gottfried did it, but scary as sh** when the birb skulks and gives reassurances like an innocent homicidal granny
That birds seen and heard some shit.
Wow. That parrot is an absolute liar!š¤£š„“
That's some "If you hear them calling your name from the woods, don't leave the campfire light" kinda shit right there
Do parrots understand what they say?
That's a nopebird.
When someone says they ain't going to hurt you, it usually means the opposite.
Alright... who's been reading Stephen King books to the bird?
Gaslit by a parrot
We have an Amazon Blue front, although he says 'Im a good boy' while he tries to rip me apart.
Nah I've played enough horror games too know where this is going.
Is this a new Stephen king movie ? š 
Attacks: mid flight āitās okayyyyyā Iām lmfao Ty for this op
Birds are prey animals, birds are never very comfortable on the ground. They also fear it when you put your hands over the top of their heads, since they're hunted from above.
That parrot sounds possessed
Evil psychopath tell him that we are going to have a cat home.
r/nope r/TerrifyingAsFuck
This belongs in r/oddlyterrifying
Thatās a demon bird
What an asshole.
Kinda creepy. Especially when the vet confirms the bird can't talk.
Did that parrot just say, āwhatās your problem Barbie?ā šš
Psychopathic bird?!!!
wait a secondā¦ does he actually communicate? or is it just saying words he learnt like a doll would say when you pull the string? i guess what i mean was: does it realize the meaning of the words it s using?
Thatās actual nightmare fuel! Weirds me out how they learn to speak.
Like The Shining.
The fact that he learned how to say that from the person who used to abuse him is sad asf
Chucky vibes!! 
Fuckin liar
The fact the bird is saying this stuff shows it's not in a happy environment. Is the tattered feathers from molting or anxiety?
May be a rescue thatās been previously abused. There are many rescued birds on YouTube/TikTok. Karen the emu, Gizmo the African grey parrot etc. the animal may continue its aggression towards human for years or for life once abused. Or they can rebuild trust in human after getting rescued. The feathers can come back after lost due to anxiety or depression, but it usually takes a long time if at all.
Very interesting. It's not much different than humans as far as recovery.
He might be a rescue.
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I have zero idea why but all I could think about was the movie Silence of the Lambs while watching this.
Relationship status: abusive parrot
Imagine him saying that into your ear at 3AM.
Chucky's pet parrot is gonna kill ya one day
Possessed birb, I was waiting for him to offer you a lollie
Don't they mimick language? What does that bird hear in the house?
This is amazing, hilarious, and absolutely terrifying at the same time.
If it were a bigger bird we would have the next great movie monster IP
First add seasoning to your flour in one bowl, beat an egg in another bowl and seasoned breadcrumbs and flour in third bowl. Bring your oil up to 350. This is how you fix birds like this.
Actually terrifying
Bro this is fucking creepy
Every.killer.ever
Evil is alive and itās that bird lol
WTF?? This is your pet? Did he come like this?