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Parrots Can Learn to Make Video Calls to Chat with Other Parrots

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0:00 thank you [Music] researchers across the world have officially run out of things to research so so parents parents are learning to make video calls to get this chat with other parents to develop friendships that Northeastern University researchers then study they know how to FaceTime their parent homes oh my God I'm not ████ kidding holy ████ dude can we do a bear video instead you guys I sent you guys a great very video recently he's not making it that's kind of cute though so this is their pair is FaceTiming another pair wow

0:52 that's so cool that's actually really cute what do they talk about they talk about loneliness actually I'm not kidding and religion they talk about well it keeps things from being lonely right talk about Bud Light do you think is that is did that happen from the pandemic because you know they were like social distancing so they couldn't see their parent friends it doesn't say um apparently it does say that video calls could help parents approximate birds as communication within the wild which improves their behavior and likely their well-being in their owners homes so if they could only like they're not in the wild right but oh they're used to being around other parents so if only they could FaceTime with other parents then they can kind of get the approximation of having been around their own kind and that will help them be comfortable in their owners homes is

1:42 it like is it like Chat Roulette for parrots so all of a sudden they might be swiping and there's a parrot jacking off that's exactly what it's like and that's what this parrot's saying this parrot scene another pair it's ████ the parrots like I didn't want to see that person they just wanted to talk yeah he doesn't look impressed no he doesn't I just wanted to make friends the research the researchers have observed how the birds use the new foundability because they can choose to do it right if wondered given the choice would they call each other uh and the answer which you can hear apparently in squawks and head Bobs was a resounding yes some strong social dynamics started to appear not only did the birds initiate calls freely and seem to understand that a real fellow parrot would be on the other end wow but but caretakers

2:34 overwhelmingly reported the calls as positive experience for their parents some caregivers watched the birds learn skills from their video friends including foraging new vocalizations and even learning how to fly wow well they taught each other how to fly yes so they just need to socialize more one of the researchers said that one of the parents was kind of like being bored all day came alive during the video calls well that makes sense otherwise like what the ████ else are you doing here depression captivity yeah so maybe not does that maybe have an argument for don't keep parrots yeah maybe do you think Sea World is like why didn't we didn't well we should send pairs yeah it should have been airworld we have a Sea World already we haven't seen air world's good it's so it's only a place where you buy an AC

3:26 we need air world the air world is just all flying creatures flying squirrel flying parrot flying whatever and definitely not Bird world how do you keep it from flying out of here world no no but then like bigger your dancing line is so small yeah up here and then when they do the show you do the air show like when they have the the the the fighter jets yeah yeah you get the blue angels that you got the blue get those disasters that happen too ████ explosions you get the parents fly together so close that people like whoa no I wanna and then you know how like they have trainers that fly with the parrots I want them to get like 2 000

4:17 parrots on a string and you see people holding them like that and flying in the air with them yeah it's so good just by the grip of their hand you could buy one if you want if you could buy one like balloons yeah balloons but it's like 20 000 parents and then everyone and then the performers are like yeah and then we have Eagles so we have the American Eagles I think like the bomber Jets you know yeah it's sick what else sick idea but I wouldn't instead of it being on the bleachers I would have uh massive blimps that the audience can go into and then you go into they got a really good investment it's like they're in the air the birds in there that's elevated everyone see dancers can't even ████ comprehend like they would be like so they just not even understand they're just not really Airborne yeah you would have to have like one of those like sign

5:07 language instructions just to teach dances like what's going on and then at the bottom it's all different bird we'll call them sanctuaries okay yeah but it's like the bird cages right and then you can walk in and then it's like this is the Asia Sanctuary all the birds from Asia all the birds from South America it's all different you know huh cool yeah just this idea his father is his stepdad so do you want to win this I didn't know

5:59 it was a business pitch um so yeah the birds you know they call each other now cool I'm telling you air world I'm telling you it's a great idea you're telling me I'm not stopping you you know what's wrong with the zoo this is this is one of the biggest issues about the zoo they try to do too much ████ they're like a Chinese Cafe with a ████ 300 people the menu is too big yeah too big I'll tell you I disagree what do you think the problem with the zoo is when I go to the zoo and they're like hey you see a Jaguar right and then like you want to buy a turkey leg and I'm like no I want to buy a Jaguar Lake exactly I'm hungry but it's that's what I'm that's my same Market it's not Niche enough yeah yeah yeah if you're gonna have a Jaguar have a Jaguar Burger exactly have a Jaguar stuffed animal that you could

6:50 take homework show they're not maximizing their whole potential they're not grinding their bones up and turn them into gelatin enough to make jello that I take out of a little little cup a drag that ████ container lid off and I'm like oh good I'm getting Jaguar Jello now yep they need to learn from the Mayans I went to a Mayan town and I watched a video about mines for 25 minutes yeah in the city of Tulum now you know all about Mayans and they had a ancient obsidian Center where everything was a bit obsidian obsidian coaster obsidian Arrowhead you could buy obsidian statue everything obsidian they knew how to maximize their obsidian potential yeah but when you go to the zoo cockatoo this thing they don't even have Dolphins because they're like oh that's aquariums

7:41 we don't do that yeah I haven't been in the zoo in a long time does the zoo actually serve like different meat at its food courts no yeah they have cow they have cow I mean like a burnt dab Burger they really do have burgers and chicken at the zoo yeah yeah but they don't have cows you can't look at them they have cows and chickens in this wish they should they serve burgers they have hot dogs they have chicken tenders even that kind of feels funny to me dude like do they have like fish like lunches at SeaWorld too they have fish sticks no because that would be slightly awkward they have but then they're feeding fish to the actual animal entertainers the best you can do is get penguin ribs ribs yeah they're paper ribs but that's it that's like that's like going to like the body's uh experience and then just eating humans oh oh that's why you can't do that but I mean we don't really eat

8:33 humans though he says the Japanese guy unless we pay an exclusive Resort I mean what's the difference between that and you go to a Chinese restaurant and they got an aquarium of all the things you want to try and you go I want that crab restaurant but that's why the Japanese restaurants are doing right in the zoo that's true they are have you been to the tajiki ████ Fish Market you go there and they go you could get two now you could get that and then there's like sushi restaurants right there that's a fish market yeah they're not teaching tricks to the fish and stuff right yeah they're pulling them from the ocean chopping them up and selling them to retailers and you eat it all I'm saying is you can educate while you're getting fed too educate Elevate oh you know what they're so smooth imagine fried bird at the air show so good fried just any bird the ████ out of here it's

9:24 so good you specifically so after after they do all the air show it's kind of like when you go to the strip club right when they do the you say the show you're like I like that one and then you get a lap dance yeah with it for this one it's like I want a bald eagle and then they're like all right would you like it fried steamed what type and then you're like I wanted Cajun that's what you do at strip club too you see the girl you like you ████ fry her up culture [Laughter] that's cool but no you get to eat or like ████ and eat her Bowl yeah that's what I use it I think we should do this I think we should do it yeah I like this air what is it called air world set it we said it 17 000 times isn't it

10:15 catchy catch it on honestly a hot show it's awesome I don't know why it's called the zoo this guy's so ████ cocky about airworld you just really think airworld's a good idea first of all don't listen to haters right you want to kill a dangerous species these guys are so ████ cocky about your world little do they know it would be a failure no the government would crack down on them foreign [Music]

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