Off topic: Parrot talk (parrots believed to be among the most advanced users of human language) Thread poster: Chris Hopley
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Parrot wrote: 
Hats off to Parrot!
| | | | | What about... | Jan 28, 2004 |
one of the most advanced users of animal language in the human world??? Is there any?
LOL!
Charlotte
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| Parrot Psychology (for parrot-lovers) | Jan 28, 2004 |
The parrot's learning motive in the human environment (read, carrot, or rather more common, "chocolate") has to do with attention-getting tactics. If in the jungle he once used his mimicking capacity to camouflage, it has become the reverse in the human world -- when a human notices him, he gets fed.
And humans usually notice him due to the human sense of humour.
A parrot's sense of humour thus develops fast. There's one here who drives the owner of a pet shop crazy by ... See more The parrot's learning motive in the human environment (read, carrot, or rather more common, "chocolate") has to do with attention-getting tactics. If in the jungle he once used his mimicking capacity to camouflage, it has become the reverse in the human world -- when a human notices him, he gets fed.
And humans usually notice him due to the human sense of humour.
A parrot's sense of humour thus develops fast. There's one here who drives the owner of a pet shop crazy by imitating his mobile phone at the most unexpected moments.
Another one I knew blew raspberries everytime he heard someone telling a joke, in the run-up to the punchline (they have perfect timing).
A third who was stationed at a tropical restaurant (the corporate logo) would say "please take a seat" everytime the door opened.
But never come at them from above. The human hand following an impulse to stroke resembles a bird of prey too much, and this is a memory they have in their genes.
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The parrot may be pretty good as an all-round comic, but the best mimic in the bird world is the lyrebird. Anyone who watched David Attenborough's programme The Life of Birds will undoubtedly remember the lyrebird that did a perfect imitation of the photographer's motor wind camera, the camera crew's car engine and car alarm as well as 12 other birds!!
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Chris Hopley wrote: The parrot may be pretty good as an all-round comic, but the best mimic in the bird world is the lyrebird. Anyone who watched David Attenborough's programme The Life of Birds will undoubtedly remember the lyrebird that did a perfect imitation of the photographer's motor wind camera, the camera crew's car engine and car alarm as well as 12 other birds!! http://www.pbs.org/lifeofbirds/songs/
Amazing! On the other hand, Woodstock is not so smart, is he? http://www.snoopy.com/comics/peanuts/meet_the_gang/meet_woodstock.html
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| I beg to disagree | Jan 31, 2004 |
This is all wrong, penguins are far more clever than parrots!
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