African greys are SOOO smart. They're actually one of the few species of exotic birds that can recognize their own reflection in a mirror. What a beautiful bird 💓
The greys I'd say are the most intelligent living things on the planet, that statement is confirmed by the fact they haven't killed over 70 million of their kind in wars, invented taxes and don't make issues for themselves with traffic jams
It's a pity some little kids out weren't so polite, it's a shame when you have to listen to a parrot to know. He's brilliant, and he has a loving patient owner who adores him. Absolutely incredible. 🤗.
Kudos to the trainer who structured the routine around the sounds the bird can make and then taught it cues to make the whole thing sound like a conversation. Really well done.
These African Grays are the Masters. They talk in the exact voices of others and are too smart! I was left alone with one in a woman's kitchen. She had to leave me with the bird and I heard--in the woman's same voice-'--"You want some coffee?" I turned slowly to bird and said, "No, but thank you." After a while, he said --in her voice--very slowly, "Helloooo?" About ten seconds passed and her phone rang!
They're awesome pets. I come home and my parrot Blue will be singing Bohemian Rhapsody. I also got him to say "You got mail" when the mail arrives lol.
My grandparents have an African grey that sounds exactly like my grandpa and the orders the dog to lay down and sit an go outside and the dog listens its so funny
@@anonymousjohnson976 Technically, your conscious is the "voice of god". If you had never done hard-core psychedelics you would know that already. And before you say otherwise, here's a little bit of history for you. Did you know that the reason it took scientists so long to figure out how lasers worked was because they refused to acknowledge the fact that if a scientist was paying attention to the laser as it fired, the laserbeam would split into different trajectories? They finally proved this theory by removing all personel and firing the laser in an empty room with no observers. It fired perfectly, every time. Do you understand what this means? Either we created god with our intent, or God created us.
@@johnnymcblaze : I don't believe our consciousness is a god at all. I think, most likely, the consciousness is a part of the brain function. Humans created the gods.
These birds are disturbingly intelligent, they operate on a nearly simian level. Using and creating tools, understanding mathematics, language context, water displacement, social behavior and much more. What’s interesting is their brains have evolved separate structures from all other species that allows them to think in an intelligent way, avian neurobiology is so alien to mammalian species neurobiology that avian intelligence is astounding.
This precious bird is nothing less than amazing. She gives us yet another reason to love and protect animals. (No I don't mean stop hunting for food. But do stop hunting for trophies.)
@@whitedragon9731 "Bro" - Don't know where you live but I know hundreds of people who hunt for food during which ever season is open. And it is a good thing. For example. If in Virginia, deer were not hunted, there would quickly be an over population of them causing disease and starvation. Same way with most prey animals. Things have changed drastically since the beginning. There used to be plenty of animals, (bear, wolves, etc) that handled the population of animal heirarchy. The balance shifted and man became the caretaker from over population of certain species. I woild never hunt for a trophy. If I pull the trigger on an animal it is because that animal will give its life to provide sustenance for my family. It is also true that man became the care taker for animals that are endangered. Seems most of the endangered species were killed off by man or the doings of man. But even in zoos, they create atmospheres for the animals to hunt for their food. They call this enrichment activities. Zoos do an amazing job of keeping the animals they are entrusted with as healthy both physically and mentally as possible. It's sad we even need zoos but since we do, thank God they are there. The programs in zoos to repopulate endangered species are mazingly succesful. Plus if it were not for the zoos, so many animals would be euthanized. So "Bro" , looks like a lot of hunting for food does take place quite a bit.
@@DavidDeelLoco "Hundreds of people" 🤣 thanks for proving my point; on the global scale, hundreds or even thousands may as well be zero, that's how statistically insignificant they are. Get real, bro.
That had me so totally in awe right now. I'm sitting in amazement right now. I love how they can speak like all outdoors, and clear too. Bless that birds heart
On average in captivity they can live for 50 years, many live for 80 years old. The oldest known lived to 90 years old. It is a lifelong commitment and they require a lot of attention, care and interaction to thrive.
Growing up, I was blessed to have parents who loved animals. We had parrots, a cockatoo, dogs, and cats. Not all at once. I loved every minute of this video clip. XO
That bird is so pampered from being worked with. They love the attention. Years have went into that feathered funny bird. He even knows colors and shapes and will say what the difference is. Square, round, ect.
Years ago, this friend of mine, Velma, had an African Grey parrot like this. His name was Quay. Now Quay could talk. He could carry one simple conversations. His "mommy", Velma was an artist. On Thursday nights, a bunch of us artists would gather at Velma's art studio and draw and paint. Some did ceramics. Sometimes Quay would be in the studio. Sometimes, he'd be hanging around on his cage. If he was hungry, sometimes he'd call Velma, "Velma,. She'd ask him, "What do you want, Quay?" Sometimes he'd say, "Momma, I'm hungry." Sometimes he'd say, "Velma, I'm hungry." Or if he was tired, he'd say, "Momma, I'm tired." Or he'd say, "Velma, I'm tired." She'd ask him, "Do you want to go to bed?" "He'd tell her, "I want to go to bed." Then she'd pick him up and put him in his cage and put a sheet or something over the cage. Quay would talk to one of our artists, John Brownell; but he never talked to me. He knew John a lot longer than me. Velma died in May of 2002. I don't know what became of Quay after she died. But that bird was smart.
@@edithbannerman4 : For the past few months, or so, I've put together a research paper on some ancient history. The paper started out just eight or nine pages long at first. Then I'd do some more research, then print...then more research and print. It's now twenty-seven pages long. It starts out with some history about Jewish Passover, then evolves to Christian Passover. When Christians celebrate Passover, they celebrate Jesus' Last Supper before He was arrested, then crucified. And what was Jesus celebrating His last Supper? Passover. He was a nice Jewish boy. From there it goes downhill for Jesus. You next find Him in the Garden of Gethsemane praying..."Let this cup pass from Me; but not as I will, but as You wilt." Jesus was sweating blood; a condition called hematidrosis. You don't sweat blood unless you are very much afraid of something. I don't believe He was afraid of dying. I believe He was afraid of the pain He was going to suffer at the hands of the Romans. I believe He was afraid of the pain He was going to suffer from His upcoming scourging, and then crucifixion. I also believe He may have been afraid the Romans would kill Him before He was able to complete His main purpose on this Earth. Most people don't have a clue what He suffered. The Bible doesn't tell you diddly-squat what all He suffered. I got so much information from The Shroud Of Turin; His burial Shroud. The Shroud shows that when the Romans scourged Him, He was lashed at least 372 times. Lots of medical experts who have studied the Shroud, believe He lost at least 40% of His blood volume, just from the scourging. They believe He was in stage three shock before He got to Golgotha, where He was crucified naked. The Romans crucified everyone naked. His crown of thorns didn't just cover the side of his head, like is depicted in all paintings and movies of His crucifixion. It covered the entire top of His head like a baseball cap. There is no record of anyone else in history being crucified while wearing a crown of thorns. Well, He died on the cross. But He has risen. The Shroud of Turin proves that. Experts have theorized that it took 34 trillion watts of electricity for a tiny fraction of a second; along with six to eight billion watts of light for one 40 billionth of a second to bring Him back to life. But after He was resurrected, He vaporized, momentarily, to come out from under the Shroud. I put all this together in my paper. The Bible sanitizes Jesus' death. I don't. He died a horribly brutal, gruesome death; but it could have been worse.
African Grey parrots CAN talk like people though. I think one called "Alex" was a better example. It used to answer questions and solve puzzles in a lab.
I *love* that book about Alex - it's truly amazing. (Irene Pepperberg is the author.) Not only solve puzzles and communicate but learned how to respond to human emotions. It's a great read and opens your eyes about how much animals know that we don't realise.
I have a African Grey, they are amazing birds. Joe absolutely loves to wrestle with my hand, and does a cat call, you know like when you see a pretty girl. Every time I come home , he talks and makes amazingly accurate sounds and does very good impersonations I mean really good impersonations like if you weren't watching you would actually think that person said it not a parrot. But he does none of that on command, he's totally his own bird. I'm more then sure he could be trained they are very very smart and can figure things out, if motivated
SWEETEST TALKING PARROT!!... I'VE EVER SEEN!!!..YOU'RE CUTE!!!! HE RECOGNISES SOUNDS ABOUT ALL WHICH HE IS ASKED TO DO!! HE RESPONDS VERY QUICKLY!! ♡Love You!!. Sweet Darling!!♡
Hi baby how are you doing now i hope you are really doing good you are awesome looking at you baby makes happy when I look at your picture it is beyond my imagination that a creature like you really exist like a rose you make the garden so beautiful You are a diamond to any man that have eyes to see goodness of a womanhood Baby am Ben easy going person very understandable Am a civil engineer and a contractor I work at so many places like Asia Europe and Africa I love art craft and I write music I like ideal people when I see your picture am impress I want a good woman that understand what real love is all about who will understand me and perfectly be for me So we can build our world strong enough to care for each other I want you to be mine and I hope to hear from you soonest thanks
i freaking loved that show along with other old great shows ( The Most Extreme, Jeff Corwin, Pet Star, Lost Tapes, Weird True & Freaky, Meerkat Manior and most of all the Crocodile Hunter R.I.P )
I've had my African grey parrot for 25 years. He used to say 12 words in a row forming a complete sentence. Excellent pets. I hear they can live over 40 years in age. My parrot is a great kisser, at least with me anyway.
@Jack_ Foster 67 years is an exception. You look up how long these African grey's live in captivity and you don't find any specific answers on google. My parrot is about 27 years old and he still looks young.
Wow I'm so impressed with this I am sitting here with my mouth wide open each different sound that this parrot makes it's absolutely amazing. Sometimes some birds talk better than people do
Yes, of course this lil birdie is amazing to watch! For me, I must give two thumbs up for this amazingly talented woman who has trained this bird in such a remarkable and UNselfish way in order to bring to us this VERY rare & fabulous entertainment! A job well done & one fun , exotic & crazy bird! Y'all are beyond being great together!... ~ Carol
The most amazing thing about this is that all this was performed with no specific training or preparation of these specific sounds and prompts; the bird was able to process each request from its own understanding of the request as well as the sound called for from its own recollections, as a human might. It’s amazing that the bird has absorbed so much culture to be able to understand the requests as well as spontaneously imitate the sounds or respond to questions with appropriate, sometimes slyly witty, answer.
Yes, you are correct and I love that bird. Also, have you seen the video called "Animals Reacting to Magic Tricks? It is amazing. There is a guy doing a magic trick in front of the glass at a zoo with an orangutan. After the guy does the magic trick, the orangutan falls over laughing. So sweet.
My sister had a parakeet named Melvin and the spoke amazingly clearly. When my sister was teaching him to speak she spoke clearly and very, very slowly as she enunciated each word. Some of the things that he said,were “Birds can’t talk”, “My names Melvin and I’m a bird”, “Pin up the biddies”, Sweet bird, gimme a kiss”. One of tu
One of the funniest things I’ve ever seen, was one day one of my sister’s neighbors left her bird with my sister to bird sit for her. The bird was sitting on the curtain rod and Melvin was chasing her back and forth along the curtain rod saying”Come’er, Sweet bird. Gimme a kiss”. 🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜😂😂😂😂😂
ive heard dogs talk, cats talk, heck ive even heard a fish talk, people don't get it yet, because of out ability to manifest our intellect, we believe our self's SO beyond and far, from everything else that lives...but Ive seen animals outsmart, even the smartest humans, so it goes to show, animals are VERY intellectual, i just don't think they care about the things we do.
***** What you are clearly blind to is the fact that the bird is copying a sound on command, the bird may not understand the significance of the sound, but they understand the meaning of the command, and was capable of storing that information for long enough to learn this many commands. You completely ignore this, which makes me question your intelligence.
***** First of all, if you are going to quote me and yourself, do it properly and use the actual text that was spoken. What you said was, "It's a bird copying a noise, it means nothing other than that it has good vocal cords." What I said was "the bird is copying a sound on command, the bird may not understand the significance of the sound, but they understand the meaning of the command...You completely ignore this, which makes me question your intelligence." I don't see how any clear headed individual can translate that into "I don't think you know that birds can copy sounds because you're stupid." I never called you stupid, but now I'm slowly seeing that if I had said so, I might not have been far off based on you last comment alone. Seriously, at least try to read and comprehend what another person is saying before you respond to them.
It is NOT " fake"... How incredibly stupid you sound..sorry... The bird is a very clever mimic!! This cannot be faked.... What ever they hear, are able to replicate..
