“How do you do, fellow dogs? You guys barking at stuff? Man, I love barking at stuff! You don’t even need stuff to bark at, you just start barking because it feels good, am I right?”
Oh, to be their neighbor, Murray C.
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I.. there’s… I mean…it’s mesmerizing. The cockatoo grasps the meaning of the barking. It’s got it’s crest I guess it is, unfurled to express the seriousness of its outrage. The dogs seem to accept its participation in the work they’re doing. Does the cockatoo eat dog food? Does it go with them when they’re walked? The mind boggles.
I’ve seen a video with a cockatoo meowing at cats. One of the cats raises a whappy paw and the bird hisses. So apparently cockatoos are smart enough to not only imitate communication of other creatures, but understand its context. That’s almost alarmingly smart. We’d be in a world of hurt if they had hands.
That is kind of scary. Dogs and cats are just creatures they happen to encounter in human contexts, not in the cockatoos’ natural habitats. Yet they learn to speak their languages, understanding what they mean by what they say.
A two-legged dog with feathers?! Who ever heard of such a thing?
It’s a bird dog!
Brava, Duckie!
I used to live next to a house that had three small untrained yappers. It’s a good thing one of them wasn’t a talking bird, given what the other neighbours used to yell at them.
Mercy. I’m glad I’m not the bird’s neighbor!
Yeah, I’ll bet there’s a limit to how cute one would find such a thing.
Okay, now I want a guard cockatoo. That’s hilarious.
I’m a huge fan of Harley the Cockatoo on Youtube. Her humans put a lot of effort into enrichments for her and her ‘brother’ Gizmo. She’s like a birdie scientist, experimenting with everything.
I was giggling outloud at work over this one. Bird dog, giggle snort!