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A parrot with an extensive vocabulary has displayed an ability to react to new situations by inventing new words - "just as a human child would". He does not simply repeat words, but constructs sentences and uses them in appropriate contexts... and even appears to have a sense of humour.

His abilities would seem to put into question (yet again) the tenuous boundary between humans and other animals.

Full article here (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3430481.stm).

i thought you were going to link to somethingawful.

I for one welcome our new Parrot Overlords and wish to know if they would like a cracker.

Wonder if you could teach him to read.

Big deal. Show me a parrot who can understand the BCS system for ranking American college football teams and I'll admit you're on to something.

I for one welcome our new Parrot Overlords and wish to know if they would like a cracker.

Once again, your insight touches us all.

Once again, your insight touches us all.

Makes a pleasant change from my hand. :)

African Grey Parrots live for up to 50 years, that's a long time for an animal.

Makes a pleasant change from my hand. :)

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African Grey Parrots live for up to 50 years, that's a long time for an animal.

Feh, I'm 55 and I'm not that grey.

Big deal. Show me a parrot who can understand the BCS system for ranking American college football teams and I'll admit you're on to something.

If anyone understands that I am sure they should be elected.

He appears to fancy himself as a humourist. When another parrot hung upside down from its perch, he commented: "You got to put this bird on the camera."
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Can it strip a car?
Keas can.:cool:

This doesn't surprise me. I remember a certain Parrot who used to post on NS.

they can also add and subtract small numbers from what I have seen.


Some parrots live to be over a hundred right?

I thought I read somewhere that some birds and turtles (?) would never die from old age. It takes disease or physical damage.

they can also add and subtract small numbers from what I have seen.


Some parrots live to be over a hundred right?

I thought I read somewhere that some birds and turtles (?) would never die from old age. It takes disease or physical damage.

:eek:
So the teenage mutant ninja turtles will never ever die!?


Yay!

I thought I read somewhere that some birds and turtles (?) would never die from old age. It takes disease or physical damage.

I doubt that. Surely their cells, organs and whatnot gradually tire and decay?

I doubt that. Surely their cells, organs and whatnot gradually tire and decay?

Apparently all cells in all animals die pretty much yearly and are replaced. So no I dont think any 100 year old bird has 100 year old cells in them.

I doubt that. Surely their cells, organs and whatnot gradually tire and decay?

Nope. Their genetic structure apparently prevents that... It just happens to be disease and physical injury that eventually kills them.

Apparently all cells in all animals die pretty much yearly and are replaced. So no I dont think any 100 year old bird has 100 year old cells in them.

egg cells maybe. i also don't know if nerve cells are replaced. it's also a mather of time until they develope some kind of cancer.

African Grey Parrots live for up to 50 years, that's a long time for an animal.

And its wing speed velocity?

Nope. Their genetic structure apparently prevents that... It just happens to be disease and physical injury that eventually kills them.

Interesting.

So, once they reach adulthood, they no longer really age?

:eek:
So the teenage mutant ninja turtles will never ever die!?


Yay!

Not until they are geriatric mutant ninja turtles

egg cells maybe. i also don't know if nerve cells are replaced. it's also a mather of time until they develope some kind of cancer.

Oh yer right! I didn't know that. I guess nerve cells are the only ones that never get replaced when they die. It seems an 80 year old has about 3/4ths of the nerve cells with which they were born. I wonder why that is.:eek:

No one had any idea how long whales lived until recently.....Humpbacks are now known to live over 200yrs, top end is still unknown.......first suspicion of their age came when a whale was killed and when it was butchered they found a harpoon head from a previous hunt in it, a type of harpoon (stone) hadn't been used in over 200 yrs(how old was it when it was first hunted?:eek: ).....

Oh yer right! I didn't know that. I guess nerve cells are the only ones that never get replaced when they die. It seems an 80 year old has about 3/4ths of the nerve cells with which they were born. I wonder why that is.:eek:

Thats because by the time your 80 there is nothing new left to feel, and what you can feel usually hurts.

Pirates already knew that. That is why they keep the parots in their shoulders, so they can watch their back and warn them of an incoming ninjae fliping invasion.

Pirates already knew that. That is why they keep the parots in their shoulders, so they can watch their back and warn them of an incoming ninjae fliping invasion.

There is no limit to the coolness of pirates.

they can also add and subtract small numbers from what I have seen.


Some parrots live to be over a hundred right?

I thought I read somewhere that some birds and turtles (?) would never die from old age. It takes disease or physical damage.

Well, humans never die of old age. What usually happens is that get pneumonia and their body can't fight it off and they die quickly.

There is no limit to the coolness of pirates.

Or their parrots, apparently.

Should read Scientists' intelligence amazes parrot.

Should read Scientists' intelligence amazes parrot.

Why?

"The parrot is currently being exposed to a group of teenagers, consisting of both boys and girls. After 48 hours of this, the parrot is expected to have learned how to request at least 7 different sex acts, and how to curse excessively"

Why?

Why not?

Why not?

Why not not?

"Ahem, breaking news on the parrot and the teenagers. The parrot has, according to a report written hastily by one of the teens and e-mailed to us, said 'polly wanna BJ' More as this develops"

"The parrot is currently being exposed to a group of teenagers, consisting of both boys and girls. After 48 hours of this, the parrot is expected to have learned how to request at least 7 different sex acts, and how to curse excessively"

This is offensive to teenagers! We can teach a parrot to request way more sex acts than that!

This is amazing.

I thought I read somewhere that some birds and turtles (?) would never die from old age. It takes disease or physical damage.
No, all life is subject to mortality.

"Ahem, breaking news on the parrot and the teenagers. The parrot has, according to a report written hastily by one of the teens and e-mailed to us, said 'polly wanna BJ' More as this develops"

that's rather stupid of polly, parrots don't have penises.

Why not not?

*AHHHHH* Improper grammar! Someone call the Grammar Na---- Must avoid Godwin! Call the Grammar Authoritarians!

This is amazing.


No, all life is subject to mortality.

Shush, stop ruining our fun with your "facts"

This is offensive to teenagers! We can teach a parrot to request way more sex acts than that!

Good point. 29 sex acts!

So far, the parrot has learned 5 sex acts.

This doesn't surprise me. I remember a certain Parrot who used to post on NS.

But thats not necessarily an indication of intelligence.

Oh, and I was hoping this thread was about her.

I've suspected that parrots are highly intelligent and perhaps plotting to destroy us all from the moment that I discovered my cockatiel has learnt how to unlatch her cage on her own.

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Can it strip a car?
Keas can.:cool:
Plus they're a protected species so the police can't touch their car-stripping ring. Now if only they'd figure out the conversion part, they'd be the wealthiest bird-cons this side of the hemisphere.

By the way Arridia, cool link/article.

Thanks. Glad you like it. ;)

Jokes aside, it is quite remarkable.

they can also add and subtract small numbers from what I have seen.


Some parrots live to be over a hundred right?

I thought I read somewhere that some birds and turtles (?) would never die from old age. It takes disease or physical damage.

tis tru that, its because the main chemical reaction that causes aging duznt happen fast enuf in tortoises to effect them (not sure about parrots)

then again if a human played his cards rite, he wudnt age either, apparently its possible wiv the rite amount of diet exercise mental activity stress motivation and of course isolation from all diseases

A parrot with an extensive vocabulary has displayed an ability to react to new situations by inventing new words - "just as a human child would". He does not simply repeat words, but constructs sentences and uses them in appropriate contexts... and even appears to have a sense of humour.

His abilities would seem to put into question (yet again) the tenuous boundary between humans and other animals.

Full article here (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3430481.stm).

That's the best argument I've seen for not killing parrots for food.

That, and that (so I hear) they taste like crap :p

That's the best argument I've seen for not killing parrots for food.

That, and that (so I hear) they taste like crap :p

So who eats parrots?

So who eats parrots?

Pirates.

Big deal. Show me a parrot who can understand the BCS system for ranking American college football teams and I'll admit you're on to something.

Show me a human that does and you might have a valid point. ;)

Big deal. Show me a parrot who can understand the BCS system for ranking American college football teams and I'll admit you're on to something.

Not even HAL 9000 can understand that muddle of craziness.

Technically, communication has nothing to do with intelligence, there are two completely different faculties. Animals cannot use language, animals cannot initiate conversation, nor can they use innovative communication, and any claim to the contrary is usually found to be flawed.

Technically, communication has nothing to do with intelligence, there are two completely different faculties.

As proof, I offer this forum...

so a dog has to figure out how to communicate with his owner that he is hungry. He goes and gets his food dish and brings it to the owner. It didnt take intelligence for that dog to figure out how to communicate that he was hungry?

My cat likes to look out of the window of my bedroom. When he wants me to open the blinds he will sit at the window and look at me. It's obvious what he wants. I open the window and he says thanks and does his thing.

I think it does take intelligence for animals to figure out the best way to communicate what they want to humans. Any claim to the contrary is usually found to be flawed. :rolleyes:

Plus they're a protected species so the police can't touch their car-stripping ring. Now if only they'd figure out the conversion part, they'd be the wealthiest bird-cons this side of the hemisphere.

By the way Arridia, cool link/article.
There was another experiment that found the Kea was one of the worlds smartest birds.

http://www.pbs.org/lifeofbirds/brain/
Some birds seem to indulge in “intelligent” play. The kea, a New Zealand parrot, has been filmed ripping (inedible) windscreen wipers off cars. Young keas, in a neat variation of ringing the doorbell and running away, are known to drop rocks on roofs to make people run outside.
Ah Kea, truly a delight.

There was another experiment that found the Kea was one of the worlds smartest birds.

http://www.pbs.org/lifeofbirds/brain/

Ah Kea, truly a delight.







Man I'm funny.

Young keas, in a neat variation of ringing the doorbell and running away, are known to drop rocks on roofs to make people run outside.

Now that sounds like a sight worth seeing. :D

I bet most parrots are smarter than the average person.

There was another experiment that found the Kea was one of the worlds smartest birds.

http://www.pbs.org/lifeofbirds/brain/

Ah Kea, truly a delight.

There was another experiment that found the Kea was one of the worlds smartest birds.

http://www.pbs.org/lifeofbirds/brain/

Ah Kea, truly a delight.







Man I'm funny.

I'm confuzled. :confused:

I'm confuzled. :confused:

I'm parroting what the previous poster wrote. Therefore, I must be intelligent since parrots are intelligent.

Well, of course parrots are intelligent. :)

*squawk*

I bet most parrots are smarter than the average person.

Yeah, maybe this parrot is STUPID, so it's capable of comphrehending expressing it's feellings by speech, as opposed to direct telepathic link.


Okay, maybe not.

Oh someone, please remind me of the delicious quote from Jessusaves involving a parrot...