#Parrot Intelligence

[bertilakslady]

Years ago we had a budgie. He was the sweetest — really affectionate, lovely temperament. One day, however, he uncharacteristically nipped my mother’s finger, and she made a disapproving noise. He responded, “Naughty bird?” Now this was obviously a phrase he’d picked up, but it had never, ever been said to him with a rising inflection.

We don’t give parrots, even tiny ones like budgies, nearly enough credit.

Y'all want to know what thought is fucking with me today?

Parrots can learn the concept of questions. I don't know about the claim that chimpanzees that were taught sign language never learned to ask questions, or the theory that it simply wouldn't occur to them that the human handlers might know things that they personally do not, or that whatever information they have might be worth knowing. But I don't even remember where I read that, and at best it's an anecdote of an anecdote, but anyway, parrots.

The exact complexity of natural parrot communication in the wild is beyond human understanding for the time being, but you can catch glimpses of how complex it is by looking at how much they learn to pick up from human speech. Sure, they figure out that this sound means this object, animal, person, or other thing. Human says "peanut" and presents a peanut, so the sound "peanut" means peanut. Yes. But if you make the same sound with a rising intonation, you are inquiring about the possibility of a peanut.

A bird that's asking "peanut?" knows there is no peanut physically present in the current situation, but hypothetically, there could be a peanut. The human knows whether there will be a peanut. The bird knows that making this specific human sound with this specific intonation is a way of requesting for this information, and a polite way of informing the human that a peanut is desired.

"I get a peanut?" is a polite spoken request. There is no peanut here, but there could be a peanut. The bird knows that the human knows this. But without the rising intonation of a question, the statement "I get a peanut." is a firm implied threat. There is no peanut here, but there better fucking be one soon. The bird knows that the human knows this.

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[tiktokparrot]

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[dokupine]

in super spec bros, would yoshi ever be tempted to eat anyone in the mushroom kingdom? are they sapient?

he’s naturally curious, although socialized enough to not go around putting things (that move) in his mouth. In speculative bros, Yoshis are primarily frugivores and any meat they eat is usually bycatch. A toad might catch a Yoshi’s attention because of their bright colors, but do not activate any kind of prey drive.

Toads are sapient, but in this setting Yoshis are not. They are smart and inventive, though, which makes them engaging companions.

[p3tr1xx]

My little meow meow....

[greencheekconure27]

Hot take

[typhlonectes]

These Parrots Won’t Stop Swearing. Will They Learn to Behave—or Corrupt the Entire Flock?

A British zoo hopes the good manners of a larger group will rub off on the eight misbehaving birds

A few years ago, a zoo in Britain went viral for its five foul-mouthed parrots that wouldn’t stop swearing. Now, three more birds at Lincolnshire Wildlife Park have developed the same bad habit—and zoo staffers have devised a risky plan to curb their bad behavior. “We’ve put eight really, really offensive, swearing parrots with 92 non-swearing ones,” Steve Nichols, the park’s chief executive, tells CNN’s Issy Ronald...

[multibodied]

"Did no one watch Terminator? Did no one watch I Robot?" EVERYONE DID! Did YOU watch or read anything other than Hollywood blockbusters to form your entire opinion and expectations of future reality around? For fuck's sake shut the fuck up

[tm-24-thunderbolt]

HUH?!?!

[ Video transcript: A short clip. Horse is laying on the ground. Volkner's hand can be seen in the corner of the scream. He snaps his fingers. Horse's head shoots up. She looks absolutrly delighted to see him. "Hey, girl. Do.. that. Again." (He sounds very disturbed.)

After a moment of happy wiggling, Horse gets up to her feet, trotting over and laying her head on Volkner's knees. "Hi!" ]

ITS FREAKY

[sunrithyll]

Why aren't parrots consistent in their understanding of words?

Lately the YT Shorts Algorithm decided to show me tons of clips from a smart parrot, "apollo", who is able to identify/name a few objects and identify/name the material they are made of.

If the parrot answers a couple of questions correctly, he gets a reward. So he can ask for a snack, answer like 5 questions and gets a pistachio.

But while it is impressive that he can identify many things in a row, he also often makes mistakes. Sometimes his guesses are wrong, but in an understandable way, like identifying something as metal when it is glass, but sometimes he is very far off. Like calling a plant a rock. But why?

If he understands the connections between the items and the words he says, shouldn't he be almost always right?

Or doesn't he really understand anything but has a vocabulary for "words I need to say to get a snack" and chooses one of them randomly, so the amount of correct identifications is pure RNG?

I need a bird-biologist to explain!!!

[lecoindecachou]

Right, so originally I didn't even start re-watching this video bc of James Somerton but bc I wanted to watch the iilluminaughtii part of it again (she's still making videos btw. the comments are turned off). I actually remember seeing the thumbnail for them *a lot* on my recommended but I clicked on one once and didn't even make it to the end because well. It did feel like she was reading me the newspaper lol. I really hate that kind of monotone voice so many Youtubers use now, like they're reciting you the information at the back of a cereal box. It's the auditory equivalent of watching paint dry to me.

[candycryptids]

Do you think a Chocobo could learn to mimic words like Colibri/real life Parrots

No listen I know they’re not giant parrots and their canonical vocal range is Kweh I just think it would be funny if you were meeting with the WoL and their bird chirped and then just went and like. Swore, or said *no*, or. [Sloppy]

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[anauwhere]

Can I say that the majority of Internet astrologers love to use psychology for their readings and they're very bad at it? Stick to the stars my dear