When I was a kid in high school I used to work in a pet shop. Your
comments about parrots reminds me of the parrot we once took in on a
consignment sale. I've forgotten his name and species but he was a
predominantly green Amazon parrot, possibly a Yellow-headed Amazon. He
was supposedly about 50 years old and had plenty of tricks up his
virtual sleeve. One was to mimic the elderly female boss's voice when
she called her miniature poodle to the back of the store... Here,
Nanette! Here, Nanette! The dog would obediently run to the back of
the store every time. But his best trick was reserved for good looking
young women. They'd walk up to his cage and try all sorts of things to
get him to talk. No response. But as soon as they turned around to
walk away he'd give them a big wolf whistle. Loud, very well done and
unmistakeable about what it was. It always stopped them dead in their
tracks. :-)
I left before he was sold and have no idea who bought him.
Chuck Norcutt
On 3/30/2012 1:58 AM, Jim Nichols wrote:
> You make a good point, Moose. We had a long-haired black that came to us as
> a stray kitten, and owned us for about 18 yrs. But, as I understand about
> parrots, you have to include him in your will, because he will very likely
> outlive you. And, as my barber reminds his customers, don't use profanity
> around the bird, because he will likely repeat it at the most inappropriate
> time. Maybe smart is not the right word, but clever seems to fit.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
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>> On 3/29/2012 10:33 AM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>>> Thanks for looking, Bob. He is a smart bird. When I was there last, the
>>> barber's wife was there, and she showed me how she had taught him to
>>> dance
>>> and do a turn-about on his perch.
>>
>> Why do we refer to animals that learn to do tricks to please us as
>> 'smart'? I suppose that it may be evolutionarily
>> 'smart', in that it assures survival as long as we do, but 'brain smart'?
>>
>> Cats are very hard to train to do what we want and very good at training
>> their people. Isn't that smarter?
>>
>> Been Owned by Cats Moose
>>
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