May 21, 2008 at 5:06 PM Thread Starter Post #1 of 7 mbriant Headphoneus Supremus Joined Jun 21, 2001 Posts 9,537 Likes 48 And smart owners.... Lost parrot tells veterinarian his address - Yahoo! News
May 21, 2008 at 5:12 PM Post #2 of 7 stewtheking Headphoneus Supremus Joined May 6, 2005 Posts 2,671 Likes 27 Wow! That's a seriously smart individual. And with a healthy disrespect for authority too, it seems.
May 21, 2008 at 5:26 PM Post #3 of 7 krmathis Head-Fi's Most Prolific Poster Joined Jan 13, 2004 Posts 34,759 Likes 82 Really nice story. God think its owners practiced on the name/address, and not something random...
May 21, 2008 at 9:25 PM Post #4 of 7 funniecow 100+ Head-Fier Joined Apr 13, 2008 Posts 460 Likes 10 I wish you could train dogs and cats to do that.
May 21, 2008 at 9:42 PM Post #5 of 7 BetaLyr 100+ Head-Fier Joined Jun 3, 2007 Posts 196 Likes 10 Quote: Originally Posted by funniecow /img/forum/go_quote.gif I wish you could train dogs and cats to do that. That's part of why dogs require a tag. Though, it'd be highly amusing to hear a dog or cat bark/meow their address and owner's name. The parrot seems pretty intelligent, but why did it fly out of its cage in the first place? If only little kids could be able to do this (recite parents' names and address, not fly out of cages)..
Quote: Originally Posted by funniecow /img/forum/go_quote.gif I wish you could train dogs and cats to do that. That's part of why dogs require a tag. Though, it'd be highly amusing to hear a dog or cat bark/meow their address and owner's name. The parrot seems pretty intelligent, but why did it fly out of its cage in the first place? If only little kids could be able to do this (recite parents' names and address, not fly out of cages)..
May 23, 2008 at 4:13 AM Post #6 of 7 Drag0n Headphoneus Supremus Joined Jun 11, 2004 Posts 3,706 Likes 16 Look at YouTube, and Alex the African Grey and Dr. Irene Pepperberg.
May 23, 2008 at 4:20 AM Post #7 of 7 mrdeadfolx Headphoneus Supremus Joined Jan 18, 2007 Posts 2,294 Likes 31 Sweet bird. I can't believe the owners gave him such a human name though.