Bird Crazies: while he is very clever he is also very stupid

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Ghost Leviathan: Mar 2, 2017; Exploration is ill-advised.

Sekkira posted:

I just like to mix pantheons.

Also because Apollo is already famous

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnO_f5bpwF0

Was expecting Apollo Justice.

# ¿ Oct 7, 2018 17:24

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# ¿ May 8, 2024 21:45

Ghost Leviathan: Mar 2, 2017; Exploration is ill-advised.

Patrovsky posted:

I wonder if they scream at food that's the wrong colour in the wild

I need to find out where I can go find them, for when I head back home. Road trip just to see cockatiels.

Dunno about budgies and cockateils, but galahs and especially cockatoos just love to perch on high places and scream at nothing in particular, or possibly me.

# ¿ Dec 16, 2018 16:25

Ghost Leviathan: Mar 2, 2017; Exploration is ill-advised.

They can hear them, though.

# ¿ Jan 11, 2019 12:30

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GoldStandardConure posted:

this but hard mode: cassowaries

Just move to rural Australia to cut out the middleman.

Thinking of picking up some wild bird feed to befriend the various local screeching flapping things.

# ¿ Feb 3, 2019 10:01

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Kenshin posted:

Back in November I visited the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, and in an aviary filled with lorikeets I spotted this little guy and snapped some photos.

I asked the keepers about him and they'd built him a 3D-printed beak when his broke somehow.

Cyborb.

# ¿ Feb 28, 2019 11:27

Ghost Leviathan: Mar 2, 2017; Exploration is ill-advised.

Obviously you leave everything to the birds.

# ¿ Aug 2, 2019 11:07

Ghost Leviathan: Mar 2, 2017; Exploration is ill-advised.

That's a bird who definitely knows what they're saying.

# ¿ Sep 2, 2019 08:11

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Cythereal posted:

Get a parrot, train it to attack JWs and Mormons.

Example:

https://i.imgur.com/199Inwn.mp4

# ¿ Oct 17, 2019 06:23

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Organza Quiz posted:

As an Australian I cannot comprehend the idea of not enjoying squirrels, they're little and cute and fluffy and you just have them running around like it's normal??? I'd never stop exclaiming over them!

I think it's the same as how you feel about galahs compared to how we do.

Or cockatoos, I get sulphur-crested cockatoos hanging around just outside my door occasionally screaming. Though I like them anyway.

I also have the same feeling about raccoons.

# ¿ Feb 13, 2020 14:36

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It's like the birds that pick out the giant horrifying jaws of yawning hippos.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6wOiTJZT-Y

# ¿ Apr 16, 2020 07:30

Ghost Leviathan: Mar 2, 2017; Exploration is ill-advised.

Birdzarro.

# ¿ May 2, 2020 03:01

Ghost Leviathan: Mar 2, 2017; Exploration is ill-advised.

I think that's the neatest I've ever seen a bird eating.

# ¿ May 5, 2020 07:38

Ghost Leviathan: Mar 2, 2017; Exploration is ill-advised.

I think the thing with parrots in particular is that, like humans, they're used to complex vocal communication. There's a big language barrier, obviously, but they'll remember and use sounds that get a reaction they want. (again, like toddlers)

# ¿ Jul 28, 2020 08:12

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Pookah posted:

Which would have been useful information before I'd gotten bitten all those times.

Too long for a thread title?

# ¿ Sep 3, 2020 13:38

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RoboRodent posted:

There isn't enough. There is never enough.

Baby birds are all screaming black holes with the metabolism of a brushfire.

Is funny that this keeps on going even when, to human eyes, they're almost indistinguishable from the adults.

# ¿ Dec 19, 2020 09:44

Ghost Leviathan: Mar 2, 2017; Exploration is ill-advised.

Wild cockatoos loving love to scream from the highest perch they can find.

# ¿ Jan 20, 2021 09:52

Ghost Leviathan: Mar 2, 2017; Exploration is ill-advised.

It's the same issue with say, dogs and chickens; unless you get VERY well trained animals (and of course it's way easier to train dogs than cats) then sooner or later the predator is going to help itself to the easy prey. You don't have any reliable way to make the cats not see a snack, and as well documented, cats kill for fun.

It's like getting cats and mice or rats. Some pets just aren't safely compatible.

# ¿ Feb 20, 2021 13:51

Ghost Leviathan: Mar 2, 2017; Exploration is ill-advised.

He looks like he's got a blue crest in that second photo.

# ¿ Jul 21, 2021 14:30

Ghost Leviathan: Mar 2, 2017; Exploration is ill-advised.

I just really want to pat a cockatoo.

# ¿ Oct 22, 2021 13:06

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Cythereal posted:

A GBS thread making fun of reddit had content for this thread.

The comments are a laugh, after they finally realised it was the parrot talking, they got mad at the parrot

# ¿ Nov 30, 2021 19:03

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RoboRodent posted:

New Zealand's native ecology is kind of fascinating, what birds can do when there's no mammals around.

But yeah, it's the kakapo, several species of kaka, and my own personal favourite, the kea, who are the only alpine parrot and apparently the terror of ski resorts. I would like to visit new Zealand just to make friends with keas.

Giant Keas, the terror of Dwarf Fortress.

# ¿ Dec 15, 2021 09:09

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RoboRodent posted:

My mother gave me a set of crow-themed tarot cards.

Thought the thread might appreciate them.

There's something very :darksouls:

about these.

# ¿ Dec 27, 2021 14:37

Ghost Leviathan: Mar 2, 2017; Exploration is ill-advised.

God's perfect avocado.

# ¿ Apr 13, 2022 09:08

Ghost Leviathan: Mar 2, 2017; Exploration is ill-advised.

Joking comparison: Dealing with the bird version of grumpy teenagers is probably better to let them sleep in.

# ¿ Dec 18, 2022 05:45

Ghost Leviathan: Mar 2, 2017; Exploration is ill-advised.

Glad to see the return of the mighty borb.

# ¿ Feb 26, 2023 08:02

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EKDS5k posted:

Link and Drew are either really quick to figure out which other animals are harmless and can be ignored, or completely oblivious to potential danger. Either way,

Your birbs are neatly stackable, apparently.

# ¿ Apr 26, 2023 13:27

Ghost Leviathan: Mar 2, 2017; Exploration is ill-advised.

It's everything a bird needs because it's everything a bird is!

# ¿ May 15, 2023 11:56

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Plant MONSTER. posted:

Anyone playing the new Zelda? I have yet to harm a single bird in it. I can't even bring myself to scare them. I found myself giving a massive berth to a group of wood pigeons that don't exist.

I was like that in BotW, but then I got the giant horse who brakes for no one...

Fun thing, there are way more kinds of sparrows than is reasonable.

# ¿ Jun 8, 2023 15:52

Ghost Leviathan: Mar 2, 2017; Exploration is ill-advised.

I think he was trying to rescue the Pikachu.

# ¿ Jul 11, 2023 15:34

Ghost Leviathan: Mar 2, 2017; Exploration is ill-advised.

Adolescent birds as I understand have the metabolism of a forest fire.

# ¿ Sep 1, 2023 09:10

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Chaosfeather posted:

Birds definitely have a broader light-field of vision, but also don't discount their ability to smell. I'm not sure about our individual parrots but I know a few birds have a pretty keen sense. Between your changing color and other liver symptoms, I'm sure you gave off a sicky look and odor and Sera was trying desperately to tell you about it.

They're flock animals! While there's an advantage in hiding your weakness in the wild there's also an advantage in telling your flockmates when something is up, particularly danger.

Anyway, hope you recover quickly, and sorry about the gallbladder. Do you have an appointment to take it out or is it a go by ear thing?

Probably also doesn't help that humans are much, much larger than they are, and any changes are probably very noticeable to them. Contrast to the unfortunate difficulty we have caring for much smaller creatures.

# ¿ Nov 3, 2023 14:10

Ghost Leviathan: Mar 2, 2017; Exploration is ill-advised.

He looks like such a wonderful doofus in that first photo. Hope he pulls through, but at least either way now he's probably having the best time of his life.

# ¿ Nov 10, 2023 13:01