It is said that Sargon II had a “curious bird” named Whoopsie who could sing the Assyrian national anthem; but I don’t believe it.
These birds are smart enough to interact and play with humans. And you’d swear they have a sense of humor. Betcha they do.
We had a cat named Henry. The vet said she’d never heard of naming a cat Henry. So I really had to post this video, because there’s a cat named Henry in it. Getting sung to be a bird. Our Henry would have eaten the bird.
There’s another bird here, who seems a bit jealous of all the attention the cockatiel is getting, and a black cat who doesn’t pay any attention to any of it. As for this Henry, he seems to appreciate the serenade.
This is priceless! I don’t know what it means, I can’t imagine what the bunny thinks of it–but it had me laughing out loud. A medley of movie and TV show theme tunes, performed by a cockatiel for the edification of a bunny. Except the bunny runs away before it’s over.
I think this might be the kind of thing they’re going to study at Quokka University.
Little Miss Rosycheeks isn’t about to let anyone disturb her sleeping cat. “It’s my cat, and you get your big fat human paws off him!” Now I’ve seen everything.
Robbie has just jumped onto the windowsill and scared off a whole flock of doves. It’s going to take a while for Birds Loving Cats to get popular.
I’m sure some of you are wondering about that long-legged bird that was stomping the rubber snake. Well, that’s a secretary bird; and in the wild, that’s what they do. Stomp snakes. And then eat them. Somehow they don’t get bitten. Their natural habitat is the grasslands of Africa.
I enjoyed the dancing cockatoo who couldn’t get his partner to dance with him.
There are humans stationed nearby to prevent mayhem. But really, how hard would it be for the dog to chomp down on the parakeet before anyone could prevent it? And why does the parakeet appear to be completely unconcerned for anything like that to happen?
Have hours of fun trying to get inside animals’ heads and understand their interactions. So much more complicated than you’d think!
Parrots are very, very intelligent and very sociable, too. But how do the birds in these videos know the cats won’t hurt them–even when they purposely try to tease the cats? And then there’s the cockatoo teaching himself to play the guitar. If this can ever be done without hands, a bird will do it.
That last video was very short, so here’s another one. Stay with it, and you’ll see something surprising–a cockatiel protecting a cat who’s having a nap.
The birds in these videos show absolutely no fear of the cats, so they must know, maybe from experience, that the cats won’t hurt them. They could, but they don’t. I call that intelligent animals successfully adapting to life in an environment designed by and for humans.
Trust me, they’re a lot smarter than we give them credit for.
A bird on the head is worth two in the bush.
Never let a cockatoo re-arrange your sock drawer.
If a cat really wants to get out of the house, he will.
These insights, and more, are included in this video.
This is a baby kiwi in a zoo somewhere. He still needs some help feeding himself, but he’ll learn.
Kiwis, native only to New Zealand, are birds with certain characteristics found in mammals, not birds. Marrow in their bones, for instance: other birds’ bones are hollow. And the feathers are very much more like hair than feathers.
Remember Kiwi shoe polish? Back when everybody had to shine his shoes–none of this wearing sneakers to school (or church!). I wonder why they named a shoe polish for the kiwi. This was the brand we always used at our house, when I was growing up.