Posted on 12/13/2015 2:55:22 PM PST by Revski
Riley is an Eclectus Roratus Parrot - who can talk! He communicates with me like a human as he understands the meanings of his words learnt. In this video, I have a wonderful chat with him about a few things.
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It seemed to me at the 00:47 mark, the bird called its owner a...um...bad word. (but it could just be my human side reacting to the owner saying “I beg your pardon?” after the bird said it!)
It didn’t seem like it was conversing, as much as it was saying whatever it wanted, and its owner was just adjusting her side of the conversation.
Still pretty impressive vocabulary and vocalizations, though.
A few years back, I sat next to the woman who owned the famous African Grey parrot “Alex” who was the subject of her research for thirty years and wrote a book “Alex and Me” about it.
I asked her what it was like, and she said sometimes, it was like having a petulant, willful, adolescent!
I once knew a guy who made good money selling talking parakeets. He had a number of birds, but his myna was a prolific talker (he also imitated the phone and doorbell which could be annoying). Anyay this guy bought regular non-talking parakeets for ten bucks each (a long time ago) and put them in the room with the myna. Within a month they were all talking, imitating the myna. Then he would sell them for $25 each.
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The woman talking to Riley is a retired school teacher and she is Filipino. She says in other videos that Riley does talk bad in Filipino/Tagalog. You mention African Gray Parrot I believe is the most intelligent of parrots. Riley has to be in another place in there home because he is loud and annoying. Thanks for commenting.
Heh, I knew a Chief in the Navy who had a defective Myna bird...
They tried to teach the bird to say “Merry Christmas”, but all it could ever say was “Merrreeeeeeeeee...” and it would just stop!
And it also had one other significant phrase that it could be counted on to say at least once when it wasn’t wanted: “Son of a bitching dog!”
Is that a song that someone would listen to for entertainment?
I guess they teach each other how to behave. LOL
LOL, you have to have some sympathy for someone who has a bird with a naughty tongue, but...for some reason, we all find it hilarious!
I always loved the story about the lady with the talking parrot that kept swearing and cursing, and she told the bird she would put it in the freezer if it didn’t stop saying “g*ddammit” and “oh sh*t”, etc., finally she reached the end of her patience, put the parrot in the freezer to let him think about it for a few minutes, the parrot gets in there, the frost all over the place, sees a frozen turkey and says “what the hell are YOU in here for, sayin’ f**k?!?”
Hahaha I forgot that one!
If you liked that one FRiend, you’ll enjoy this, I heard this from a former boss of mine, Lt. Commander Hugh Mason in 1977, I doubt that this story has been heard in too many places but it is a keeper:
An elderly lady living by herself decided that she wanted a talking parrot to keep her company, so she went to the local pet shop to ask about it, the storekeeper told her he’d be glad to sell her a talking parrot and asked how much money she had to spend, “I’m on a fixed income and can only afford $20” she said.
The storekeeper sadly shook his head and said “I can’t sell you a talking parrot for $20, but I’ll tell you what I can do, I’ve got this Myna Bird over here I’ll let you have for $20, but he only says one phrase, let me show you, and he snaps his fingers and yells “hey bird!” and the Myna bird turns it’s head and says “WHO IS IT?”
The storekeeper says “that’s all he can say, is ‘who is it?’ but you can have him if you want him”
The lady was elated, paid her $20, and put the Myna in her car, talking a blue streak all the way home “ohhh, I’ll introduce you to my sewing circle, and to the ladies in my prayer group?” to which the bird said “WHO IS IT? WHO IS IT?” so she gets home, puts the bird on a perch near the front door and says “now I’m going back out to get you some toys and bird seed and treats, I’ll be back soon”
“WHO IS IT?!?!” Screeched the Myna Bird.
The lady is gone only a few minutes before the delivery man from the local butcher shop stops by, knocks on the door, and the bird responds “WHO IS IT?!?”
“It’s the butcher lady”
“WHO IS IT!??!”
“Lady, it’s the butcher.”
“WHO IS IT?!?!”
“LADY!?!? It’s the g@dd*mmned BUTCHER!!!”
“WHO IS IT?!?”
The butcher shop delivery guy gets so worked up, he has a heart attack and falls over face down, dead as a door nail right there on the lady’s front porch.
The lady returns, steps up on the porch, sees a dead man laying there, and as she opens the door she says “oh my GOD, who is it?!?”
“IT’S THE BUTCHER!!!!!!”
That’s great! I’m telling that tomorrow...
Cute!
Thanks you.
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