Is he maybe talking about the tire?? Like he thinks tires are a giant corn and then he realised there is no corn in between the two wheels on each side of the car so it’s just the side of the corn
@@solidagold115I have added this word to my vocabulary for the same reason...maybe "purple" will come next, & I'll use it equally ranDUMBly. You know. Out of frustration. Out of boreDUMB. Out of anything else to say on the subject. SHROCK! out...🫡
Imagine waking up in the middle of the night to your bird mimicking, at full volume, the smoke detector that it heard go off when you accidentally burned some toast last week.
I couldn't tell if he was practicing his words or if he was just amusing himself. Like a child talking to themselves when the parent leaves the room. To reassure themselves maybe. I saw the dad was working on the car so Apollo could see him. Maybe he was trying to entertain dad from there. He sure is fascinating to watch and listen to. Thanks for sharing this.
I often heard it was in general a way to reassure and calm down themselves, but in this case there was a mix of trying to communicate with his human as well. Maybe there's other reasons too, I don't know him personally so I'm limited to what I can say.
I read (in maybe r/partyparrot?) that parrots will indeed practice when theyre all by themselves. It helps them build up confidence with their phrases. This was said in response to a parrot owner that made a post saying they didn't think their parrot talked much or knew very many words but that they came back home one day to hear the parrot talking up a storm, practicing words that the owner didn't realize it knew! The person that commented on the post said not to worry, the parrot will start saying all of it to you one day once it gets practice in and feels comfortable doing it in front of the owner. I thought it was super interesting but also this is all from memory so I hope I've not relayed any of this incorrectly. Hopefully an actual parrot owner will chime in and educate us 😊
@@spamtownhamilton6200 We have had several parrots at my home. Its not exactly the same thing, but, we had a breeding pair (Green Quaker Parrots) the male could only say his own name and when they would have eggs then babies, he would talk to them gently. When we managed to sneak near the nest, we could hear him talk to them gently, it was enough for one of the baby that we kept, started saying his father's name quite perfectly. Another parrot we have (Sulfur crested Cockatoo) only say a single sentence: "Hello my sweety." It's something that comes from her previous owner, but with time, we started to notice she would say it differently for different things, the intonations are on different letter. Its distinct enough that we can tell who she's talking of, when she want to go sleep and a few other things. Throughout the years I got to hear them when they likely think they alone, I can't say I got to hear them talk that much, so I can't really confirm what you mentioned. P.S. Our first parrot who also was a green Quaker parrot was very talkative, he used to sings himself a Christmas song to go to sleep, rather funny to hear. I often heard him talk by himself, but I can't say I've heard him use words by himself before starting to use them for us. Maybe its a case by case or we just happened to get parrots that don't function like they should! If you got a question it will make me happy to try to answer it, as long as RU-vid let me know!
He's learning "claw" vs "clock." He's saying "this is a claw," touching his beak to his claw, and then he's "tocking," making a clock noise. He's perfecting his human sounds, working out which is what. Also, does he know "this is made of wood"? I noticed him playing around with that one in another video.
For anyone thinking of getting a parrot now - there's long pauses between cuts. Where they settle down, you forget they're there - you start working... BANG! They're loud, adorable. (Pause) You begin working again BANG! Something annoying, this time. They spill water everywhere. Fling their food onto the back of your head. Crap right on the curtains. Fly onto your textbook, and walk a mix of poo and water all inside it. Try to bite you - if you reach for them too fast, to save your book. Get a loud scream, right in your face. Have to resist the urge to discipline them in any way - because birds don't understand it. They can be a delight. An intense joy. But, they have moods. Like a toddler. An eternal, loud, messy toddler. You have to be prepared for this. And since they live for 80+ years - you need to know what you're getting into. More parrots have lived to be 115 than humans. You need a trust for their care. If you can handle this, are retired perhaps, or can spend most of your day, every day with them - they can be great like a child surrogate. But they're more like having kids in the house than animals. You can cage, but not control them.
@@apsoypike1956 They are social - but not like mammals. There's no alpha at the top, enforcing behavior. Parents teach their young - but it's up to them to listen, or, just die, being foolish. Dominance, they associate with "not having to take what they don't like from others." Birds are free to fly away anytime they wish. Dominance may mean eating first at a kill, for vultures - but birds often share. Even greedy birds like seagulls - don't have an alpha. They squabble over "I saw it first" and everything is up for grabs. It's not rule-enforcement. They'll squabble, and try to sit highest on the tree, to get there. But then, they expect to be left alone. So, do something disciplinary - and they think you're being an abusive a-hole. They'll think "I'll fight for dominance now, so I don't have to take this any more!" So it backfires. The more you discipline, you get a more and more defiant bird. Until they realized they want to just leave - but they can't. Then you get an angry and psychotic bird with behavioral problems that does stuff like feather pluck, attack people, bite, and scream. Positive reinforcement is the key. When they do something bad, and they wish to squabble with you, you distract them instead. If they're about to bite you, shake your arms so they must shift balance, and focus on that. But putting them away out of fear - would be letting them win. You can't put them down yet. If you do, they know they should bite you to be in control of you. It is very very difficult to manage bird behavior. It's extremely difficult to adopt a bird and try to be its angel. The people who are bird angels - are saints. They take birds into their care; many of which, they can never touch or bond with. And tolerate endless screaming all day. We need to appreciate the risk they have taken with Apollo. African greys are not cheap. This is an example of a rare success story with a rescue bird.
@KathrynsWorldWildfireTracking really interesting, thanks. They do tell him to stop, though. He can't do dangerous things like chewing cords. Can you do a time out with a Gray? I discipline my cat, who was a terrible biter when I got him from the pound, with a time out in the bathroom. He hates being excluded. Ten minutes and any idea of biting is gone for a long time. Sometimes I don't have to do it for months. If he's giving me bitey vibes, I can usually avoid a problem by distracting him with a toy. But more than once I had to ask someone on a Zoom call to give me a sec to relocate him because he was biting my feet. He figured out it was hard for me to stop him if I was on a Zoom. I figured out I should put us in different rooms before starting a Zoom. I also figured out which people had their own animals! 😹 They understood and were amused. Every cat and every birb is different. We figure it out as we go. He would have been unadoptable, but he's a treasure! 💙😻💙
I live alone, retired & disabled. I'm in a phase where I'm tired of long phone calls with friends, & am enjoying my solitude. And now that damn bird has me going through my day, stopping randomly, and announcing: "SHROCK!"🙀 to myself. It definitely helps me collect my thoughts & get my mental 💩 back together, it does a great job of snapping me back into the moment. 🟣 💜!
Haha, this really made me laugh. Not only was he repeating things he’s heard but he was also acting out scenarios, like a little kid playing. So cute!! 😂🥰
When I was just a baby, my mama told me "son, Always be a good boy, don't ever do the corn"... But I chewed the corn in Reno, I really don't know why, And when I hear her say "no chewing", I hang my head and cry... -Johnny Cash, in 'Folsom Corn Blues'
@@vanessak69 My cats absolutely knew they weren't allowed to be on the dinner table. So they only jumped up there when we weren't looking and you'd hear them land on the floor as your footsteps came closer to the kitchen
@@casperes0912 Like when my dog finds some random thing he thinks is food on our walk and when I ask "WHAT HAVE YOU GOT?", he stops chewing, his ears twitch, then he chews twice as fast. 🤣
1:32 This is the second time he's made that exact sound / spoken that exact gibberish [that I've seen on this channel I mean]. That's WILD, because I can see now that it's not just some bird-generated fake English, he's actually echoing something?
The way he repeats letters, words and sentences to learn it... It's just.. WOW. There must have been A LOT of work and patience behind this! It's impressive.😊
The other day my voice was raspy from being tired & having allergies, and I found myself sitting in my livingroom mimicking Apollo to my budgies for a good 30mins, lol. I just love Apollo, he's way too cute!
