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I would not necessary rule out a bird on price. Could be the people are just trying to find a home and don't care about what they spent (I have found that people trying to rehome a bird and are asking top price did not care about the bird and are just trying to get their money back). The more photo's and information will give a bitter indicator on how they treated the bird. Depending on how
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LITERALLY A BIRD posted:Ama likes sitting next to my boyfriend on the couch and it's the cutest thing. Sometimes I get up for a drink or to grab my phone and come back to find a bird has taken my spot
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Sep 11, 2018 23:09
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LITERALLY A BIRD posted:Ama likes sitting next to my boyfriend on the couch and it's the cutest thing. Sometimes I get up for a drink or to grab my phone and come back to find a bird has taken my spot A sailor boy and a bird boy making their mommy proud   Only Archer understands how a group pic works. Somebody fucked around with this message at 00:03 on Sep 12, 2018 |
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Sep 11, 2018 23:29
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LITERALLY A BIRD posted:I buy this theory with some birds, but not all. Mine definitely know that my hands/feet/limbs are parts of me and thus good for cuddling  The personalities suggested by the posture and positioning and general "who's looking where" of this just made me chortle right to left: MANLY, flirtatious, pooping?
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Sep 11, 2018 23:32
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LITERALLY A BIRD posted:I buy this theory with some birds, but not all. Mine definitely know that my hands/feet/limbs are parts of me and thus good for cuddling I think the bird stole your man. Condolences.
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Sep 12, 2018 00:23
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LITERALLY A BIRD posted:I buy this theory with some birds, but not all. Mine definitely know that my hands/feet/limbs are parts of me and thus good for cuddling Looks like Amadeus has got more Opinions about whatever your boyfriend's playing on his laptop that just simply must be shared.
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Sep 12, 2018 02:04
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LITERALLY A BIRD posted:I buy this theory with some birds, but not all. Mine definitely know that my hands/feet/limbs are parts of me and thus good for cuddling Ama is my favorite. Lil guy has so much character e: I stayed with my parents over Labor Day and got to hang out with my favoritest dude 
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Sep 12, 2018 03:48
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still not sure why Literally a Bird is editing out the fact we were a couple
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Sep 12, 2018 03:49
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GoldStandardConure posted:Non bird chat: You are wrong about stranger things s2 but right about Taco pictures. It is how I always imagine Taco... vaguely threatening. S2 wasn’t as good as S1, but it was way up there imo. I was constantly surprised by where they took things, and there was some satisfying growth while deft use of cliches and themes. I agree that it could’ve used a little more space to breathe, for things to develop more naturally, but the finale was awesome and got me so pumped. I got super emotional at the ending.
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Sep 12, 2018 04:00
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Shark Sandwich posted:still not sure why Literally a Bird is editing out the fact we were a couple
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Sep 12, 2018 04:28
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probably don't comment on your exes new partner or call him cutesy names dude
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Sep 12, 2018 04:42
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Especially not in the bird crazies thread. I mean, it's in the name. We're crazy, and you're creeping on our bird friend. Don't do that poo poo. To contribute to the thread:  Ivan liked chilling out on the couch, but only on the upper half. He much preferred being in a lap, on an arm, or on a head. Wasn't a huge fan of the shoulder. Thankfully he'd leave to poop unless he was in a really bad mood. This is still my favorite picture of him, though 
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Sep 12, 2018 05:22
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Ok, this all got awkward - Sorry if I made a "How cute" comment about an ex if that's the case. Real Talk - How much of a dealbreaker is someone who doesn't like birds? For me, someone who doesn't like birds is someone I will not make children with, ever.
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Sep 12, 2018 05:24
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FYI Chapo Trap House stumbled across Skillet's "Bush did 9/11" video  they love itJust thought you should know in the unlikely event one of them actually links it
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Captain Log posted:Real Talk - How much of a dealbreaker is someone who doesn't like birds? For me, someone who doesn't like birds is someone I will not make children with, ever. I'd say it's only a dealbreaker if they hate/can't stand them. As long as they're clear and upfront about not liking your bird/s, it's fine. There's a world of difference between dislike and hate.
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Chaosfeather posted:Especially not in the bird crazies thread. I mean, it's in the name. We're crazy, and you're creeping on our bird friend. How loving good are hawk headed parrots? Real loving good.
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Sep 12, 2018 05:45
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I feel like 'dislike' can often just be born of unfamiliarity. Maybe they don't know how cuddly birds can be and think they're like (even more) expensive fish or something. There's a chance you can change 'dislike' to 'tolerate' or even 'enjoy' given enough time and a quality, well trained, bird. Hate is a dealbreaker. I feel like hate can't be changed.
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Sep 12, 2018 06:06
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Sekkira posted:I'd say it's only a dealbreaker if they hate/can't stand them. As long as they're clear and upfront about not liking your bird/s, it's fine. There's a world of difference between dislike and hate. i feel like having parrots would be a dealbreaker for someone who dislikes them as soon as they have a screamy moment
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Sep 12, 2018 06:15
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Hate can be fixed, though it's not your responsibility to help someone fix it. Source: might as well admit it, I actually grew up hating pet birds as needy messy dirty loud things that just sat in a cage and died because that was my parents' experiences with birds. I was totally cool with rescued raptors in rehab because the context was totally different--not in your home, they're not intended to be domestic, etc. It wasn't until well into, geeze, my twenties that I had enough contact with parrots to get it.
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Sep 12, 2018 06:16
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Actually, seeing Gaston's, like, Very Willful Antics flipped me from liking parrots to volunteering with them more and loving them
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Spencer's still averse to stepping up off his cage. I think it is some sort of dislike of his feet being touched, which I have been slowly working on. He is a total and healthy suck for interaction, scritches and pets and all that. We are still not forcing/frightening him off his cage unless necessary for reasons like the vet or cage cleaning. However, we bought a new red broom and when I brought it up to the living room he freaked out immediately and flew off to the other side of the house. It did allow me to get these rare candid photos of Mr. Handsurm Borb being a big ol' scardey cat (or doing anything really as he is hates cameras):   Edit: I would like to note that all that pop in the background was for my in-laws who were in town.
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Coming from a former parrot-owner status, I have to say they don't have to love my animals, but are willing to tolerate them. It's partially a situational thing though. My older sister hated Ivan, but they could still live together because there was enough room that they almost never interacted beyond "Hi noise machine" and ((happy screams/flock calling)). In a one-room apt, Ivan hated my roommate, which made it a lot harder. My roommate wasn't super in love with birds but tried to interact with him and was met with violence after she cut her hair. It made things tense and not happy for either of them, but it was survivable. For a date, they have to know that animals are part of my family. I need to be able to trust my partner to rescue my animal in the case of an emergency and I am not in the immediate vicinity. That's basically where the line is for me. If they are on the "save them" line, even if they don't like it or even don't succeed, I can work with them. If they would let my critter die, no deal. On the other side of the coin, if I was dating someone who had a tarantula (as a bit of an arachniphobe) I would still rescue them, take them to a vet, care for them if my partner needed me to. My personal comfort and 'ick' factor does not outweigh the needs of a critter who is dependent on others. What I ask of my partner I must be willing to do for them. Just maybe don't drop a spider in my lap on the first date. edit: What a pretty bird! Of course anything used to clean would be hated by a bird, save for water.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0hLIqWpJpQ&ab_channel=PhantomSun
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There's apparently evidence that ravens can be paranoid about non existent birds wanting to steal their stash. (Obviously slight clickbaity paraphrasing, but the experiment is pretty cool)
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I like tarantulas, they're pretty chill. I used to work at a museum where we would let people interact with animals, I worked with the invertes. I remember demonstrating one of the Chilean Rose Hairs when suddenly the phone rang, the spider crawled on top of my head while I took the call. That's bad because if they fall from even a short distance, they can die. That's a major disadvantage to being a big spooky spoder. The only birds we had were ones that we would rehabilitate but we had hawks and owls. In other news Budger dropped his bell and turned into a banan at the noise. More on this story later.
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Tsaedje posted:There's apparently evidence that ravens can be paranoid about non existent birds wanting to steal their stash. everyday goast read a book about this called The Genius of Birds, by Jennifer Ackerman
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https://twitter.com/RobertMaguire_/status/1039540861875499008 Is it weird that I watched this and immediately thought 'Tendai needs to see this?'
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No because it's extremely my thing Look at that little guy go
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Sep 13, 2018 16:52
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How have you not seen that yet??!!?!?? Holy moly, if you haven't wasted hours on YouTube doing so yet, go search for "bird memes" and thank me later
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Sep 13, 2018 16:58
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Oh I have but it's always delightful. My YouTube recommendations are like 50 percent birds at this point 
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Sep 13, 2018 17:03
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Potato Salad posted:FYI Chapo Trap House stumbled across Skillet's "Bush did 9/11" video Can I get a link because if it's a bird screaming about 9/11 conspiracies like some sort of avian Alex Jones I need that poo poo in my life.
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 Jamaican Todies are so cute. What are your favorite small cute fluffy birds? I'd like to see them.
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Plant MONSTER. posted:
How about my least favorite?  This fucker lives in a tree close by my bedroom window and more mornings than not decides to start singing the song of his people around 5 or 6 AM.
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Sep 13, 2018 19:51
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Poor thing just wants food or sex at the crack of dawn.
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crossposting from schad thread: https://i.imgur.com/SBHob6n.mp4 For some reason this just looks like how my quaker parrot acts when encountering a new object. Parrots, long lost relatives of crocs???? Pretty sure they also make the same hiss sound too.
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StarMinstrel posted:For some reason this just looks like how my quaker parrot acts when encountering a new object. Parrots, long lost relatives of crocs???? Pretty sure they also make the same hiss sound too. Floridian here, that is a gator doing its "I am very pissed off at this thing invading my territory, stay back or I'm gonna gently caress you up" body language. If you see a gator ever looking like that in the wild, run.
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Cythereal posted:Floridian here, that is a gator doing its "I am very pissed off at this thing invading my territory, stay back or I'm gonna gently caress you up" body language. If you see a gator ever looking like that in the wild, run. gators descend from parrots, gotcha!
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Potato Salad posted:FYI Chapo Trap House stumbled across Skillet's "Bush did 9/11" video that's great, i'm glad they enjoyed it practically the intended audience Kitfox88 posted:Can I get a link because if it's a bird screaming about 9/11 conspiracies like some sort of avian Alex Jones I need that poo poo in my life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOpqwn9NHJo we've got some more of these kicking around somewhere, this was just the one most at hand Mirthless fucked around with this message at 05:32 on Sep 14, 2018 |
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This one is much better! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB5I_klBLJ4 Incidentally, I have a metric gently caress ton of videos I never got around to editing. I kind of lost steam when I broke my phone. May try and pick through and get some up.
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StarMinstrel posted:gators descend from parrots, gotcha! Gators and crocs are the closest-related living reptiles to birds, yes. 
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