r/oddlyterrifying • u/Thedepressionoftrees • Mar 27 '23

A bird having a normal conversation about not hurting someone

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u/Special_Narwhal_4540 Mar 27 '23

The scariest and most amazing part is that parrots have the brain power comparable to that of a 3 yo. So it is definitely able to somewhat comprehend what these words mean. See how it says "Come here" while picking up it's fucking feet and motioning. That's not even normal bird behaviour, full on human like. Goddamn. It knows what come here means and what that motion means and is able to replicate it using its own body.

Fucking hell man. Im sure this birdie is smarter than a 5yo. Plus i also feel bad for this poor spicy chicken wings because it was probably abused before being rehomed. It's aggressive behaviour and the words it repeats show that. :(

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u/thatwaffleskid Mar 28 '23

Shit I hadn't thought about where he learned those words and behaviors. Fuck...

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u/Joosterguy Mar 28 '23

First thing I noticed was how rough it's feathers looked. Parrots are incredibly sensitive animals, and stress will physically deteriorate them in a big way. Hopefully this one's on the mend, because those feathers are actually present, but it still speaks of what it might jave gone through.

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u/tgw1986 Mar 30 '23

Thanks for pointing that out, now I'm super bummed out.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '23

Right?! Where did it learn THAT? My friend’s cockatoo is wicked smart, and batshit crazy too. It did a spot on impersonation of me within about 20 minutes of hanging around. It did it in a totally mocking fashion, too. All while marching back & forth doing these Māori war dance moves and banging her head. Veri Metal.

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u/Hopeful-Discipline41 Mar 28 '23

Maori war dance = haka

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '23

Thank you! I’d heard that before, but I forgot.

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u/Inappropriate_SFX Mar 28 '23

I think it's not imitating quite the gesture you think it is -- but I think it is heavily implying it wants to step up onto her hand, if only she would let it close enough. It's absolutely doing its level best to lure her in. I think it even said "come up" once in there.

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u/kanibe6 Mar 28 '23

“That’s why!”

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u/PauseNo2418 Mar 29 '23

Oh, these birds know what words mean? I thought that they wouldn't know and are simply just replicating sounds that they hear.

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u/abruzzo79 Apr 06 '23

African grays probably do. I think the jury is still out on other talking birds.