Escaped parrots are teaching wild birds our language

First they learn our language
Say hi

Then the owners get lazy or underestimate their feathered pets
I'm Free!!

I for one welcome our flying overlords
Polly want a cracker NOW

Dude, what happened to the video?

The first source...the vid....the bird tweets...it doesnt make a sound similar to Hi...whats that about???

If we cant teach wild birds our language...i doubt a parrot could

PLUS...they dont have the ability to speak, they dont have vocal chords

EDIT: And parrots mimic....they dont have the ability or brain power to construct meaningful sentences.

reply to post by TsukiLunar

Ha! I thought I farked up embedding the video, edited it out and lazily put another video without listening to it. Not epic but FAIL nonetheless.

This is the first thing that came to my mind .

1000 years from now it will be the Planet of the Parrots!

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Birds are pretty smart. I don't think they are teaching each other to talk. Could one repeat another talking bird? Yeah they can.

I live near a port that is mostly bulk freight the kind that is not containerized.

There is a banana ship that comes in almost once a week with bananas that end up in your market.

Over the years a colony of illegals have taken up residence in one neighborhood.

A big flock of bright green parrots that is.

People new to the area are surprised to see them when they fly around at night.

I live to the west and one night I was in the backyard that abuts a school and its play ground area.

I heard loud bird sounds and looked up to see a flock of sea gulls flying in formation coming towards me.

As they passed over I looked up and flying in formation with them was one of those bright green parrots.

He was the guy making all the noise.

My sister has an African grey parrot, Cicero, and this bird amazes me. She also has 3 cats and one in particular is a trouble maker. Sampson is always getting into things climbing, knocking things over and disturbing the other cats. When i am over there and Sampson is causing a ruckus, you can hear Cicero from the other room saying ' Sampson, stop it'. i think they are one of the most intelligent species. He even said 'Whoops' when i tripped on a step going from the kitchen to living room. Some of his phrases include, but are not limited to: Love you; got to go to the store; want a carrot; whatcha doin; laughing sounds; telephone ringing and on and on.