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catbyte

(34,459 posts) Sun Jun 14, 2020, 01:31 PM Jun 2020

Meet Fabio and Gabriel, the Incredible Talking Parakeets

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Meet Fabio and Gabriel, the Incredible Talking Parakeets (Original Post) catbyte Jun 2020 OP

Adorable sakabatou Jun 2020 #1

I am astounded by birds' ability to mimic sounds. forgotmylogin Jun 2020 #2

My closest in age cousin, Richard, had a parrot for over 30 years. 3catwoman3 Jun 2020 #3

sakabatou

(42,177 posts)

1. Adorable

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Sun Jun 14, 2020, 01:45 PM

Jun 2020

forgotmylogin

(7,533 posts)

2. I am astounded by birds' ability to mimic sounds.

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Sun Jun 14, 2020, 01:46 PM

Jun 2020

One of my friends had a bird who could produce the electronic sound of the phone ringing and THEN the sound of it being picked up mid-ring and my friend saying "Hello?" (COMPLETE WITH HIS ACTUAL NORTHEAST ACCENT). He'd make some unintelligible comments, and then say "Okay, bye." and make the beep of the phone hanging up. If you heard it from the other room, you'd swear the phone rang and got answered.

The bird also could mimic the sound of the security alarm code being activated or deactivated on the keypad next to his cage. I can totally see why mystery writers use the bird tattletale trope.

3catwoman3

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3. My closest in age cousin, Richard, had a parrot for over 30 years.

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Sun Jun 14, 2020, 10:34 PM

Jun 2020

That bird could mimic my cousin’s laugh so exactly I thought it was Richard.

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