No. Instead of the usual Polly wants *** cracker. Parad owners are asking if Polly wants *** video chat. Do you want to talk to her? It's enough to make *** lonely parrot. Bob its head with excitement in *** paper titled Birds of *** Feather video flock together. Researchers describe teaching 18 pet parrots to ring *** bell. When they rang the bell, they were presented with *** tablet which friend would you like to call and given *** choice of parrots for *** video chat? You want calls over *** three month period? Oh, the OK. The parrots made 100 and 47 requests for video calls. Some birds got called *** lot. We had the VIP birds, some called, some birds got called less. The ones who got called the most were the ones who also made the most calls. The researchers could tell the birds were truly engaged because they preened together, tried to touch one another, imitated each other and even sort of sang. Ok. So maybe there were no love struck movie moments. She's beautiful. But if you're researching parrots, can there be *** greater thrill than this? But sometimes *** bird would accidentally call us. So sometimes I was in *** meeting or giving *** class or at home and I would get *** phone call from *** bird. Imagine seeing on your caller ID, Sammy, the parent. Jeanne Moos CNN, New York cor you like?
Lonely parrots 'talk' to each other on video chats
Updated: 6:48 AM EDT Apr 27, 2023
Parrots in the wild are social, and as pets, they can seem lonely at times. Now, some researchers might have found a solution. In a paper, researchers describe teaching 18 pet parrots to ring a bell. When they rang the bell, they were presented with a tablet and given a choice of parrots for a video chat.Watch the video above to see the parrots video chat with each other.Over a three-month period, the parrots made 147 requests for video calls."Some birds got called a lot. We have VIP birds. Some birds got called less," said Rébecca Kleinberger, study co-author at Northeastern University. The ones who got called the most were the ones who also made the most calls.The researchers could tell the birds were truly engaged because they preened together, tried to touch one another, imitated each other and even sang together.
Parrots in the wild are social, and as pets, they can seem lonely at times. Now, some researchers might have found a solution.
In a paper, researchers describe teaching 18 pet parrots to ring a bell. When they rang the bell, they were presented with a tablet and given a choice of parrots for a video chat.
Watch the video above to see the parrots video chat with each other.
Over a three-month period, the parrots made 147 requests for video calls.
"Some birds got called a lot. We have VIP birds. Some birds got called less," said Rébecca Kleinberger, study co-author at Northeastern University.
The ones who got called the most were the ones who also made the most calls.
The researchers could tell the birds were truly engaged because they preened together, tried to touch one another, imitated each other and even sang together.
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