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I have a parrot that learned to call the dog over to the cage, throw food at him and then would laugh. Sometimes in a British accent, I am not sure where that c

I have a parrot that learned to call the dog over to the cage, throw food at him and then would laugh. Sometimes in a British accent, I am not sure where that came from...

therein 8y ago
Dare I say, perhaps from watching John Oliver :)
- paulie_a 8y ago
  Unlikely, he is 36 years old and has been doing that for as long as as I can remember.
  - Razengan 8y ago
    The parrot is 36 years old? That's very special. I know some birds can outlive humans (a web search will bring up some cases), but we generally think of pets as having shorter lifetimes than us. He's relatively a sage and I hope he is treated with the respect one deserves. :)
    - mathrawka 8y ago
      For larger parrots, it is actually not that uncommon. A responsible parrot owner should plan for the parrot to outlive them and include something in their will about how the parrot will be passed down.
    - jonhendry18 8y ago
      Parrots can live something like 70 years.
    - paulie_a 8y ago
      It actually turns out the bird is a female, but thirty years of saying "he" is a hard habit to break. I was told from a pet store owner you could do a DNA analysis of the poop to determine gender. Also he incorrectly told me male birds could lay eggs if they didn't have a mate. I was 8 so I believed it.
      - Razengan 8y ago
        > Also he incorrectly told me male birds could lay eggs if they didn't have a mate. This is hilarious. You should get her a mate. :)
zeristor 8y ago
A British laugh; do you mean like Sid James? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVrm6Qc6neM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVrm6Qc6neM
jonhendry18 8y ago
There's a crow in Yorkshire, UK who's been filmed "speaking" with a Yorkshire accent. "Y'alright, love?" (It's actually an African pied crow, with a white band around its midsection. Similar crows were used in a recent Windex TV ad campaign. No idea how it got to Yorkshire; it might have been a pet that escaped.) https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-leeds-44713074/pied-crow-with-yorkshire-accent-filmed-in-knaresborough https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-leeds-44713074/pied-c...

I have a parrot that learned to call the dog over to the cage, throw food at him and then would laugh. Sometimes in a British accent, I am not sure where that came from...

therein 8y ago

Dare I say, perhaps from watching John Oliver :)

paulie_a 8y ago
Unlikely, he is 36 years old and has been doing that for as long as as I can remember.
- Razengan 8y ago
  The parrot is 36 years old? That's very special. I know some birds can outlive humans (a web search will bring up some cases), but we generally think of pets as having shorter lifetimes than us. He's relatively a sage and I hope he is treated with the respect one deserves. :)
  - mathrawka 8y ago
    For larger parrots, it is actually not that uncommon. A responsible parrot owner should plan for the parrot to outlive them and include something in their will about how the parrot will be passed down.
  - jonhendry18 8y ago
    Parrots can live something like 70 years.
  - paulie_a 8y ago
    It actually turns out the bird is a female, but thirty years of saying "he" is a hard habit to break. I was told from a pet store owner you could do a DNA analysis of the poop to determine gender. Also he incorrectly told me male birds could lay eggs if they didn't have a mate. I was 8 so I believed it.
    - Razengan 8y ago
      > Also he incorrectly told me male birds could lay eggs if they didn't have a mate. This is hilarious. You should get her a mate. :)

zeristor 8y ago

A British laugh; do you mean like Sid James? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVrm6Qc6neM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVrm6Qc6neM

jonhendry18 8y ago

There's a crow in Yorkshire, UK who's been filmed "speaking" with a Yorkshire accent. "Y'alright, love?" (It's actually an African pied crow, with a white band around its midsection. Similar crows were used in a recent Windex TV ad campaign. No idea how it got to Yorkshire; it might have been a pet that escaped.) https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-leeds-44713074/pied-crow-with-yorkshire-accent-filmed-in-knaresborough https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-leeds-44713074/pied-c...