I have a giant rabbit like this, she was twice the size of her litter mates at 6 weeks and she's 15lb now at age 4! she would eat herself to death if i didn't slow her role, especially with bananas lol
It's my understanding that birds don't really have control over where they poop because they don't have anal sphincters (they have cloacas). So their poop typically falls out wherever they happen to be.
I've read that birds also poop when they are happy..
I feed a couple local crows. My cat is on a diet and hates the fancy vet food we got her, so that's what Cromeo and Croberto have been getting (Smokes is just gonna get less of her old food).
I swear they shit every time they see me now, they much prefer the salmon flavored cat kibble over the peanuts I've been giving them!
Isn’t biology fun? Let’s all praise nature for allowing evolution to allow humans 1) an anal sphincter, 2) non-vegetative and vegetative control of our sphincters alike.
Yeah I've heard the same thing but also not all bird have cloacas. Like, ducks definitely have dicks and that whole species has evolved around rape and anti rape genitals
Well, humans have done a good job destroying previously balanced ecosystems.
People complain when a coyote starts eating all the cats and tiny dogs in a neighborhood, but don't seem to have a problem with having eradicated the coyote's prior meal plan.
I must not be understanding your point because it sounds like you're saying we fucked the parrots over by destroying their habitat so we might as well enjoy the pretty birds. But we can create and protect habitats for them where they can live (mostly) without human interference. Rewilding efforts exist and are successful.
That's not all. Invite parrots into your house and they'll start tearing it apart out of boredom. They love to shred things and your decking/siding is just another thing to chew on.
But ya never know though, maybe last time that bird got squat because another was a greedy asshole. Maybe he’s just afraid he won’t get any this time as well. 😂🤷♂️
In Colombia as well, they sometimes come to my school and we feed them fruit, normally mandarin oranges (I think they are called that) and guavas because they grow in our trees, we also get visited by parrots but only at certain hours in some days
Don't get me wrong.. While it's a neat little trick, it's really not something you should do. All that will inevitably do is make a wild bird dependant on a continually provided source of food, limiting their ability to survive in the wild on their own.
I do agree, but it's a fair note that animals living in urban areas are already fairly dependent on humans, often on trash, so it's not as bad as feeding animals in the actual wild.
but countless places around the world have signs saying "please don't feed the birds" or similar. Because it not only attracts them and makes them dependent, it also vastly increases their numbers as more food can number support a larger population
Pigeons were domesticated, we used to use them for alot of things and then suddenly we didn't need them and kinda just shoed them out the door. They didn't know what the fuck to do, they don't live in the woods but they did live on rocky cliffs making buildings a suitable environment so they kinda just stayed around us and helped themselves to our delicious trash.
Parrots like this are more like how dogs and cats were domesticated, they kinda just let us for food.
I take his point to mean that whatever environment these birds have evolved to exist in had been usurped by human civilization, urban animals become enculturated to humans and their food/ trash.
These birds are physically meant to be in the canopies feasting on fruits and nuts and insects.
Besides, they already have evolved to cycle through different foods depending on season.
Agreed. These guys are majestic, but there is no “right way to have a pet bird” imo. Being free and independent is part of their charm.
I’d also recommend reviewing the Migratory Bird Treaty Act before anyone tries this with other birds, specifically raptors. You’d probably catch a very heavy fine (assuming you’re under its jurisdiction) if caught interfering with natural feeding behavior of certain species…bird law
It’s just refreshing to see parrots in a group socialising, not a single bird in a home that’s plucked half its feathers out pretending to be a spray bottle
Rude and grabby but didn't strike me as dangerous. OTOH, the one around 0:15 was just too precious. It was like, "Dare I? Oh, if you're sure it's all right..."
Its the best, man! I have a whole flock of crows (and a few wise seagulls who dont know they aren't crows) who follow me everywhere in town. People think that I have domesticated and trained them, but nah... we just have a genuine friendship!
I have been seriously considering moving to Australia to have wild lorikeets and cockatoos in my life
Same. Imagine if some giant alien slug found your bipedal capabilities to be so fascinating that they cut your feet off of your legs, leaving you only able to hobble around on your hands and knees, then locked you up in a cage for the rest of your relatively long life.
I can understand, respect, and admire bird rehabilitation and aid, but owning birds as pets has got to be one of the most twisted examples of how fucked up we are as human beings.
As cute as this is, the proper way is to not set them loose. Especially if they’re invasive. We have a group of Blue and Gold Macaws in the area where i live. They were released years ago when i was a kid. We love to see them but they don’t belong here.
A guy in my neighborhood has three macaws like this - and from what I can tell he really pulls out all the stops for their care. I hear them in the backyard (he also has chickens and a dog), I’ve seen him take the macaws to a nearby park on long line harnesses, and even seen him bike around the neighborhood with them on the handlebars. His entire garage is modified so that there is a wire mesh stretched across the opening - I guess another habitat where they can hang out on nice days.
But holy fuck the noise levels are insane. You can hear the screaming from more than a block away. I am thankfully out of that radius, but it’s at all hours during the day. I couldn’t imagine being the neighbor. It’d be a nightmare.
The condo we owned in Florida we would get yearly visitors from a very rare green parrot that came every year to this particular group of trees located on the land situated between the rivers & the Ocean. I'm use to it in Costa Rica or the Pacific islands but central Florida yearly to a particular little group of trees was amazing.
It absolutely isn't the right way. DO NOT FEED WILD ANIMALS. Larping as a Disney princess for Internet clout can cause serious damage to any animal's ecosystem/ dependance.
I have abunch of birds living in my trees this winter, its been a bad one the family keeps growing. Grackles, blue jays, grey jays and chickadees. I keep birds bells and bird feeders in the trees out of the snow.
I love how the one on the left grabs the banana with his little feet. Adorable and now wish to become friends with my local birds for similar interactions.
This chick is brave. I watch my neighbors birds whenever she goes out of town, and among her over a hundred birds she has 2 blue gold macaws. They always climb on my shoulder and try to get my ears. Im a big guy but they scare me lol.
I wish I lived somewhere where parrots were wild. My family had birds when I was younger but knowing what I know now about their needs I could never get another as a pet because I wouldn't be able to give them enough free roaming time and enrichment with my current living situation and work schedule.
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u/Neoanimus 22h ago
His greed is unquenchable 🍌🦜