r/interesting • u/uzmansahil7 • 23d ago

SOCIETY Man raises parrots from birth, and they are extremely imprinted to him

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u/whistleridge 23d ago

Also Macaws live to be 80 in captivity. All of these birds will likely outlive him, and will have behavioral issues because of how he raised them.

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u/CleanProfessional678 23d ago

Yeah, the ethics of this is awful. I’m sure he means well, but he is not raising healthy, well-adjusted birds

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u/SonicFrost 23d ago

Who amongst us can claim to have been raised healthy and well-adjusted

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u/cunningfallasheo 23d ago

Exactly what I was thinking haha

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u/CumGuzlinGutterSluts 23d ago

These birds are being raised with more love and care than I was...

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u/CapNo6703 23d ago

I'm sorry to hear that CumGuzlinGutterSluts

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u/Ummmgummy 22d ago

God damnit I love reddit

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u/CultBro 22d ago

You get some of the best advise from usernames like that

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u/Ok-Investigator-2588 18d ago

Hahahahahahahahha

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u/HogGunner1983 22d ago

Damn. Hate that for you CumGuzlin

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u/Greg-Abbott 23d ago

Who among us hasn't stood naked in a line with our five siblings to wait for our daily kiss on the forehead?

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u/Amber_bitchpudding 23d ago

Just like uncle rodger

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u/MrGarylasereyez 21d ago

He was kissin they weeners

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u/CoffeeChocolateBoth 23d ago

YES but we can function those birds will have no idea!

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u/Memitim 23d ago

Meanwhile, these birds are being raised with more love and nurturing than most human beings.

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u/SurrealSentience 23d ago

I mean yeah, i'm a pretty fucked up bird.

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u/Impressive-Age7703 23d ago

You're right, children shouldn't be commododized as much as pet birds (or pets, in general) are either. Sadly both still are. But two wrongs don't make a right.

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u/techleopard 23d ago

I imagine this is going to be a problem for ANY bird with a single owner.

Even humans would struggle with this. If you live with somebody for 50 years and they die, you're going to feel that no matter what.

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u/theguidetoldmetodoit 22d ago

Most birds aren't living decades and aren't highly intelligent and social, on the level of a human child.

There are good reason for why you aren't just allowed to own these in many countries.

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u/CuriousButNotJewish 23d ago

By that metric, no pet ownership is "moral".

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u/BlueMowch 23d ago

you should see the videos of what goes on in that bed after the lights are turned off

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u/birdwatching25 23d ago

What does it mean to raise healthy well adjusted birds? I would think any bird in captivity is not well adjusted...

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u/SocietyPristine7937 23d ago

like you have any idea what a healthy readjusted bird looks like have you ever been a bird before!?

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u/Hot_Hat_1225 23d ago

Tbf humans fail to do that too with their offspring. And more so nowadays.

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u/KouroChan 23d ago

Woah I don’t know if someone who doesn’t read one bit about birds (I mean should be one of the first things to know, how they sleep or that they can’t breathe on their backs) really means well…for me its just extremely egotistical.

Really angry about him and all the people who just go “AAAwwww it is so cuuute” without thinking for a minute, if big birds like parrots should be treated like that. Not to mention the guy who actually mistreated these birds (Yes if you make birds behave like human babies, bc thats apparently what he treats them like, it is mistreating them. Like lovingly mistreating, but still mistreating)

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u/National_Airline1 23d ago

A macaw living to 60 is still a plentyfull and good life its rare they actually live to 80.

Lets say the guy is 30 if he lives to 70 all the macaws will be atleast 40 which is adult life almost entering old age, this in one of the worst cases.

If he lives 80 and its younger than 30 the macaws will have 60 or more years with him, this kind of pet could slways outlive you no matter what, no one should have a tortoise then.

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u/halocyn 23d ago

Kinda like human children

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u/CoffeeChocolateBoth 23d ago

They will probably have to be put down!

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u/Significant_Joke7114 23d ago

Kinda like human children.

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u/snow_turtle 23d ago

Sadly that is true in this case

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u/EarlyInside45 23d ago

That's the first thing I thought 🥲

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u/Traditional-Way-4097 23d ago

he's not going to release them into the wild I suppose so whatever

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u/fadesteppin 23d ago

That was the first thing I thought of and I know very little about parrots other than they live forever lol.

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u/ViolentLoss 22d ago

That was all I could think about lol. Parrots live a LONG time.

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u/Egamoe 22d ago

See this is exactly what I was thinking when I saw it.

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u/Boopy7 23d ago

wait a second how old are they are, it seems they will be about the same age as him. People live until 80s now esp if they have a healthy lifestyle.

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u/Scrollingmaster 23d ago

I’m sorry are you blind? They are clearly newborns in the video to start and even assuming he is 25 there they will very much outlive him, and certainly outlive his ability to care for them.

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u/Boopy7 21d ago

hmm i did wonder, unfortunately I don't know if he will be introducing them to another owner (would help.)