We’ve seen lots of videos of cats and dogs cuddling human babies. Betcha bunnies do it, too. But here’s a new one on me–a cockatiel kissing up to Baby and whistling a lullaby. Animals understand us better than we think.
Tag: funny birds
Critter Break REPRINT
From August 1, 2018
Why cats and dogs take so much guff from cockatiels is one for the Durants. Look for more of those unexpected animal friendships.
Also look for two critters you hardly ever see in video–a softshell turtle and a bush baby.
A Crow in the House
Just how do you go about getting a crow in your house? That’s the hard part: taming the crow and teaching it to talk, that’s the easy part. I wonder if a crow could learn to answer the phone.
Crow Speaks Chicken-Ese
There used to be a crow in our neighborhood who said “Hello!” Especially if you said it first.
Here’s a crow raised with chickens, like Tarzan was raised by apes. This crow has mastered chicken-speak: you can’t tell it from the real thing.
The Family Crow
Crows are intelligent and adaptable, and can live rather creative, even eccentric, lives. Like this crow in Denmark, who took up with a human family and made friends with their two-year-old child. I don’t know why they’d ever want to part with him.
A Crow Celebrates
Tasty nut hidden under the stones: can the crow get at it? Crows are pretty smart, and this one’s very determined, too.
That odd sound you hear at the end of the video is the crow’s victory song.
He’ll Talk Your Ear Off
The cool thing about this parakeet is that he’s able to mimic different human voices. Okay, his diction isn’t exactly Oxford, but subtitles can take care of that. Parakeets do have a lot of personality; anything they learn to say is just a bonus.
Brainy Birds
I’ve never had a pet bird, but some of these videos make me wish I’d had. Really, what goes on inside a bird’s brain? Domestication really brings out their intelligence. But then it does that for lizards and turtles, too.
Baby Corn and Blue Jays… A No-No?
Boy howdy, it’s hot today! And now that I’ve seen this video.I am sooo glad I’ve never offered baby corn to blue jays.It turns them into squabbling baby birds. I mean, really–how long can flesh and blood stand to listen to this?
Apparently blue jays don’t like the finch food that I put in our feeder. Well, if this is what you get for catering to blue jays, you can count me out.
The Singing Cockatiel
Two cockatiels and a parakeet walk into a bar and… Well, you know the rest.
I’m used to videos in which cockatiels sing tunes written by and for humans. Here the tune is literally for the birds. We don’t get to see whether the other two stayed for the whole thing.