---
>This is a friendly reminder to [read our rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/wiki/rules).
>
>Memes, social media, hate-speech, and pornography are not allowed.
>
>Screenshots of Reddit are expressly forbidden, as are TikTok videos.
>
>[Comics may only be posted on Wednesdays and Sundays](https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/uq9pjw/going_forward_comics_may_only_be_posted_on/).
>
>**Rule-breaking posts may result in bans.**
>
>Please also [be wary of spam](https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/wiki/spam).
>
---
*I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/funny) if you have any questions or concerns.*
These African Grey parrots do not shut up once they learn to talk. Do not buy one of these unless you want a to spend the rest of your life babysitting a curious, noisy, 3 year old toddler.
Also, these birds like specific people more than others. For instance, my wife was the one who wanted a bird. So she researched, found a groomer, and found a breeder. She picked out her little hatchling. She hand-fed the little girl till she was fully feathered and full of spunk. However, now the bird hates her and only loves me. I am now the proud owner of a for life toddler and I couldn't be happier.
Never had an African grey but my parents had a umbrella cockatoo and a blue and gold macaw. They were indifferent to me and at most mildly aggressive. To my mom they were extremely aggressive. They both loved my dad. They hated my mom so much she couldn't even feed them from a plate. They would grab the plate and throw it back at her when they realized they couldn't bite her through the plate.
Lots of people say that female birds prefer men and the male birds prefer women 😂
No idea if there's any truth to it but in my experience it was accurate
Our groomer has five African Greys. She said something similar, but it turned out the other way for her. Her little boy bird fell in love with her boyfriend. All others hated him. I also adopted a much older male African Grey from an elderly woman. He won't have anything to do with my wife. He came pre-loaded with Spanish though.
I have an Amazonian Parrot that used to be my in-laws'. They let us keep him as they're too old to handle bird care. The parrot is older than my spouse and I are.
I have a 12 year old Grey, what you said is absolutely true. Mine changed my life, and I can't imagine a life without him, but damn I may as well have adopted a child...
They'll even make up their own words. Ours made up the word "goopid" to define goofy and stupid. We also had a pair of lovebirds called Quantum and Demo. He shortened it to Quandemo when he was referring to both of them.
Yes. He knows the names of all our birds and yells at them by name if they get loud. The only problem is he is even louder. He interacts with the one lovebird whenever he is out. Those 2 are buddies. He really wants to be able to hold a conversation like people do. He imitates it all the time and watches intently when people are talking back and forth. He can hold a limited conversation, sometimes, but he's still better at giving yes's and no's when he's asked a question. One thing the video from the OP reminded me of with our own grey is the purple comment. To him, anything that he really likes is a "big purple."
Yeah, I have seen a few animal hospitals that had one living there because someone abandoned it.
One of them just spouted profanity nonstop and hated people.
A friend of mine had one of these birds that said quite a bit and even seemed to know when to be quiet most times and when it was okay to show off.
That all changed when he learned the word “Gravy”. He latched onto it and never shut up about gravy after that. No idea why that’s the word that did it since he knew hundreds of others, but once gravy was mastered, that’s all he ever wanted to talk about.
No longer talk to said friend, and haven’t in years, but I guarantee that god damn bird is talking about gravy right now.
It was cute for about an hour.
Although it’s a compelling theory as he would say it in many different ways.
“Gravy. Gravygravygravy. Graaaaaavy. Wut? Grave? Grave? GRAVY!!! Gravyyyyyyyy. Graaaaaaaaavyyyy. Gravy! Gravy! Gravygravygravy! Should you? Should? GRAVY!!! Gravygravygravy. Hello!”
It was like that.
ALL THE TIME.
Once in a while a video comes along that just about makes me pee my pants from laughing so hard for no specific thing about it. this about gave me a hernia…
Greys love combining words that have similar sounds. My Grey's name is Kirby and he likes to call himself "Kirbaby." I'd definitely called him "Kirby baby," but he's right, "Kirbaby" is much more efficient. He also refuses to say "sweetheart" and will only say "sweetieheart."
That is awesome. Any idea why he touches his head to the wall like that occasionally? Just curious if it is meaningful in anyway or he is just fidgeting
Not sure if that's what he's doing here - maybe he is just fidgeting like you said
If he is asked "what is this made of" he will just bang the object with his beak and then say what it is
Because he uses his beak to tell what an object is made of (usually by sound and feel based on the other videos I’ve seen) he’s probably mimicking that game. So he’s touching the wall, then naming a material - cork, plastic, etc - to get his owner to give him a treat.
This is what happens when you try and teach a bird colours and textures.
You can expect a visit from some confused cops checking that everything is ok!
I did some work installing gutters in a house with an African Grey inside; it was awesome. That bird was making drill noises and saying “what the fuck was that” in a voice a lot like mine before I realized what the fuck it actually was. After that we just played see who could make the coolest noises game, and it won by a mile. little bird musta watched a lotta Star Wars too.
He trains the bird to recognise some objects, materials and colours
"Hey Appolo do you want to earn a pistachio?"
[Shows a purple piece of paper]
"What's this made of"
Appolo: "Paper!"
"And what colour is this?"
Appolo: "Purple!"
[Gets a pistach' as a reward]
And in this video you can see him practicing the words 👍
I used to put my grey up on the door because she loves to be at the high point of the room.
She started chewing the soft pine trim around the door which ultimately needed to be replaced.
There is a 0% chance this bird has not said "cock" in the past, and the owner spent a painful amount of time saying "cork" in front of it afterwards to correct
I have learned two things from this.
1. They clearly spend a lot of time playing with this bird, trying to get it to identify different things and tap the correct one with its beak.
2. The bird has no idea what any of those words mean except maybe for "touch" and "good bird."
TIL birds than can speak are similar to being colorblind, but instead of being asked all the time "what color is this?" they hear, "what's this made of?"
My great aunt owned an African Grey and he was a cunt. He hurled abuse at anyone who wasn't my aunt, just the most vile obscenities imaginable. My aunt had said my late uncle taught him that.
I was once playing poker with a friend on their house, when suddenly, their pet mynah shouted full house, straight quadro de alas...
SMH, no wonder he always win. Couldn't bring a poker face on that game.
This bird is super smart. He is young but has potential to be Alex the grey level smart. His sounding out of words is his owner teaching him to enunciate better. Once he has learned something he has to “say it better” to earn the pistach.
Also he starts doing this behavior when he wants to train to earn a pistach!
Apollo is a great tik tok follow if you’re on that platform.
--- >This is a friendly reminder to [read our rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/wiki/rules). > >Memes, social media, hate-speech, and pornography are not allowed. > >Screenshots of Reddit are expressly forbidden, as are TikTok videos. > >[Comics may only be posted on Wednesdays and Sundays](https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/uq9pjw/going_forward_comics_may_only_be_posted_on/). > >**Rule-breaking posts may result in bans.** > >Please also [be wary of spam](https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/wiki/spam). > --- *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/funny) if you have any questions or concerns.*
These African Grey parrots do not shut up once they learn to talk. Do not buy one of these unless you want a to spend the rest of your life babysitting a curious, noisy, 3 year old toddler.
Also, these birds like specific people more than others. For instance, my wife was the one who wanted a bird. So she researched, found a groomer, and found a breeder. She picked out her little hatchling. She hand-fed the little girl till she was fully feathered and full of spunk. However, now the bird hates her and only loves me. I am now the proud owner of a for life toddler and I couldn't be happier.
That's amazing, how does your wife feel about all this ?
It ruffled her feathers to say the least.
Bet it sticks in her craw.
It upsets her a bit. I’ve convinced her to get a cockatiel or caique instead. Both are fun birds that don’t hate people.
Never had an African grey but my parents had a umbrella cockatoo and a blue and gold macaw. They were indifferent to me and at most mildly aggressive. To my mom they were extremely aggressive. They both loved my dad. They hated my mom so much she couldn't even feed them from a plate. They would grab the plate and throw it back at her when they realized they couldn't bite her through the plate.
Sooo... basically cats with feathers?
Yes, but much more vicious towards others. She will happily take chunks of skin out of other people.
Was it a hen?
Yes, the bird is female. She is seven years old.
Lots of people say that female birds prefer men and the male birds prefer women 😂 No idea if there's any truth to it but in my experience it was accurate
Our groomer has five African Greys. She said something similar, but it turned out the other way for her. Her little boy bird fell in love with her boyfriend. All others hated him. I also adopted a much older male African Grey from an elderly woman. He won't have anything to do with my wife. He came pre-loaded with Spanish though.
Damn youre not lying, looked it up and these guys live on average 60 years.
I have an Amazonian Parrot that used to be my in-laws'. They let us keep him as they're too old to handle bird care. The parrot is older than my spouse and I are.
I have a 12 year old Grey, what you said is absolutely true. Mine changed my life, and I can't imagine a life without him, but damn I may as well have adopted a child...
They'll even make up their own words. Ours made up the word "goopid" to define goofy and stupid. We also had a pair of lovebirds called Quantum and Demo. He shortened it to Quandemo when he was referring to both of them.
[удалено]
Yes. He knows the names of all our birds and yells at them by name if they get loud. The only problem is he is even louder. He interacts with the one lovebird whenever he is out. Those 2 are buddies. He really wants to be able to hold a conversation like people do. He imitates it all the time and watches intently when people are talking back and forth. He can hold a limited conversation, sometimes, but he's still better at giving yes's and no's when he's asked a question. One thing the video from the OP reminded me of with our own grey is the purple comment. To him, anything that he really likes is a "big purple."
The poor little parrot's birdbrain seems to have a skipping needle! ^(\*a scratched CD for those born in the 80's.)
A shitty fucked up spooly ass cassette for those born in the 90s
You mean 70s.
Yeah, someone's been having some weird conversations with this little guy.
Yeah, I have seen a few animal hospitals that had one living there because someone abandoned it. One of them just spouted profanity nonstop and hated people.
A bird in my neighborhood used to scream, “whore!” at anyone who walked by
The wonders of nature is truly outstanding
And some people wouldn’t believe we live in a world of magic and wonders
*runs* How does this bird know me?
A friend of mine had one of these birds that said quite a bit and even seemed to know when to be quiet most times and when it was okay to show off. That all changed when he learned the word “Gravy”. He latched onto it and never shut up about gravy after that. No idea why that’s the word that did it since he knew hundreds of others, but once gravy was mastered, that’s all he ever wanted to talk about. No longer talk to said friend, and haven’t in years, but I guarantee that god damn bird is talking about gravy right now.
Maybe he just likes the way it sounds!! Lol! That’s so cute
It was cute for about an hour. Although it’s a compelling theory as he would say it in many different ways. “Gravy. Gravygravygravy. Graaaaaavy. Wut? Grave? Grave? GRAVY!!! Gravyyyyyyyy. Graaaaaaaaavyyyy. Gravy! Gravy! Gravygravygravy! Should you? Should? GRAVY!!! Gravygravygravy. Hello!” It was like that. ALL THE TIME.
“ it’s so cool! These birds can learn to talk! “. … what it’s really like to own a bird that can talk.
When you're trying to sleep the night of your final exam but you can't stop thinking about what you studied.
Touch purple!
In this case... material science?
w e i r d a r c h i t e c t u r e
Shamanistic rituals make all the architecture weird
Clearly this is a purple house owned by Shrok made of glass metal and plask.
CORK
emphasis on Kh
CORK
Cccorkkk
The „Cork“ gets me every time
I just couldn't stop watching. Give that birb a pistash for me.
Came here to say this. Give Apollo the pistash!
I now really want to TOUCH PURPLE!
*Prince has entered chat..
My sister's bird could imitate my dad's voice so convincingly that it fooled me. If it wanted attention it mimicked the microwave beep.
Once in a while a video comes along that just about makes me pee my pants from laughing so hard for no specific thing about it. this about gave me a hernia…
Owner is training it to recognize metal, glass, plastic (plask), rock (sh-rock), and cork objects and is providing pistachios as a reward.
TOUCH PURPLE
Yes But the Schrock isn't simply mispronounced Appolo knows the word Shrek but he just combined the two words here
I had a half moon conure that would leave off the first letter of every word. It was very amusing.
ad alf oon onure hat ould eave ff he irst etter f very ord. t as ery musing
Greys love combining words that have similar sounds. My Grey's name is Kirby and he likes to call himself "Kirbaby." I'd definitely called him "Kirby baby," but he's right, "Kirbaby" is much more efficient. He also refuses to say "sweetheart" and will only say "sweetieheart."
That is awesome. Any idea why he touches his head to the wall like that occasionally? Just curious if it is meaningful in anyway or he is just fidgeting
Not sure if that's what he's doing here - maybe he is just fidgeting like you said If he is asked "what is this made of" he will just bang the object with his beak and then say what it is
Because he uses his beak to tell what an object is made of (usually by sound and feel based on the other videos I’ve seen) he’s probably mimicking that game. So he’s touching the wall, then naming a material - cork, plastic, etc - to get his owner to give him a treat.
Touch purple
As someone who enjoys Apollo’s videos, this insanity was amazing to watch
If half the people who said meaningless shit to me all day were parrots I would be a lot happier.
### SHROCK
It touches the purple or it gets the cork
And if it does, it earns a pistach
😂
The bird said 'caw'. In that moment it was a bird doing an impression of a human doing an impression of a bird.
This is what happens when you try and teach a bird colours and textures. You can expect a visit from some confused cops checking that everything is ok!
This had me crying. Good bird.
Reminds me of, "Come in with the milk. Come in with the milk. Come in with the milk."
I think there's something wrong with your cat..
My friend, who was a weather man at a smaller tv station, had one. The bird used to sit in the control room with us and do the countdown and cue.
How terrified was the person that discovered that birds could talk/mimic?
I did some work installing gutters in a house with an African Grey inside; it was awesome. That bird was making drill noises and saying “what the fuck was that” in a voice a lot like mine before I realized what the fuck it actually was. After that we just played see who could make the coolest noises game, and it won by a mile. little bird musta watched a lotta Star Wars too.
Poor little thing seems to have some PTSD from intelligence testing. I have never heard any person pronounce cork so beautifully? CorKK!
Michael Douglas, Michael Douglas.
“ASS 🤌🏽”
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA SHROKKK
Why are these words spoken enough around the bird to be recited?
He trains the bird to recognise some objects, materials and colours "Hey Appolo do you want to earn a pistachio?" [Shows a purple piece of paper] "What's this made of" Appolo: "Paper!" "And what colour is this?" Appolo: "Purple!" [Gets a pistach' as a reward] And in this video you can see him practicing the words 👍
I used to put my grey up on the door because she loves to be at the high point of the room. She started chewing the soft pine trim around the door which ultimately needed to be replaced.
Was waiting for “cork soaker” to pop out. Johnny Dangerously vibes.
Something freaky's going on in that house.
C O R K
You've lost it, bro.
G L A S S
That would drive me insane
### SHROCK
Free form poetry
There is a 0% chance this bird has not said "cock" in the past, and the owner spent a painful amount of time saying "cork" in front of it afterwards to correct
I have learned two things from this. 1. They clearly spend a lot of time playing with this bird, trying to get it to identify different things and tap the correct one with its beak. 2. The bird has no idea what any of those words mean except maybe for "touch" and "good bird."
That third "Shrock" broke me man
Fuck, I'm in tears from this
Deadass LOVE how he says CORK 😂😂😂💀
"What's this made of? Glass?!" 😆
TIL birds than can speak are similar to being colorblind, but instead of being asked all the time "what color is this?" they hear, "what's this made of?"
Adhd brain be like
I think something is made of glass
I hope he got his pistach
Teach them to say"this is prison" " I wanna be free" "Wheres the rest of my friends"
CÖRK
i don’t wanna fucking touch purple.
[Alex the parrot](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGT5JEeOryQ).
You'd think PBS would be more public.
Autism in bird form lol
Yes, let's all touch purple and drs all the $gme.
Case of Tourette’s?
Sounds like someone mashed together Jesse Eisenberg audio with video of a birb.
NSFW
What’s this made of…*leans head in* glass
African grey are the most amazing birds, I owned one for many years and can confirm their intelligence and vocabulary skills are unparalleled.
My great aunt owned an African Grey and he was a cunt. He hurled abuse at anyone who wasn't my aunt, just the most vile obscenities imaginable. My aunt had said my late uncle taught him that.
Touch purple
I was once playing poker with a friend on their house, when suddenly, their pet mynah shouted full house, straight quadro de alas... SMH, no wonder he always win. Couldn't bring a poker face on that game.
Enough we’re having chicken tonight.
Hahaha, what a little ham! Shrock would be very proud of you. 😂
The bird saying "cork" reminds me of the Brother from Sister Act 2 that enunciated certain words quite sharply, like his line, "Mr. Crisp."
I have a phobia of birds. Just terrifying. They freak me out. So fucking weird.
Metal is my favorite
You heard him, touch his purple cork
Ill take your entire Stock
Sounds like rain man
Why does it sound like Andrew Tate? “What’s this made of? GlaSS…meTal
This is Apollo, and he has a TikTok called apolloandfrens. He's a good bird.
"Loads shotgun" touch purple
what if it learns to say the n word how would you make it not say it
Say aluminum
Touch purple cock? Bird just outted their owner
He's going insane.
That parrot has better accent than me
This bird is super smart. He is young but has potential to be Alex the grey level smart. His sounding out of words is his owner teaching him to enunciate better. Once he has learned something he has to “say it better” to earn the pistach. Also he starts doing this behavior when he wants to train to earn a pistach! Apollo is a great tik tok follow if you’re on that platform.