https://gregladen.com/blog/2014/10/21/how-smart-are-parrots/ Wed, 06 Dec 2017 04:14:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 https://gregladen.com/blog/2014/10/21/how-smart-are-parrots/#comment-484044 Sun, 26 Oct 2014 17:40:33 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=20544#comment-484044 My ex knew a parrot that lived in a cage in the kitchen. It would imitate the sound of an electric can opener, and wait for every cat in the house to come running. They’d hit the slick vinyl floor and lose traction, coming to a furry pileup under the parrot’s cage. The parrot would nearly fall off it’s perch at this, crying out, “Stupid cats! Stupid cats!”
And Craig Thomas, have you ever watched a chicken or domestic turkey? Some birds are as dumb as rocks.

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2014/10/21/how-smart-are-parrots/#comment-484043 Tue, 21 Oct 2014 22:22:53 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=20544#comment-484043 All birds are smart, not just parrots.
They are much smarter than most mammals.

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2014/10/21/how-smart-are-parrots/#comment-484042 Tue, 21 Oct 2014 21:21:02 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=20544#comment-484042 Not only dogs. One morning I woke in my house in the Caribbean to the voice of someone saying “Good Morning” repeated after a few Moments. “Damn, it is kind of early come visiting I thought” but got up and opened the door. No one in site “good morning” again, looked up on the roof and there was a green parrot.

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2014/10/21/how-smart-are-parrots/#comment-484041 Tue, 21 Oct 2014 14:13:23 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=20544#comment-484041 Right on!

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