Parrot zoom calls

[Karl_K]

Kinda kewl, kinda What???

Pet parrots prefer live video-calls over watching pre-recorded videos of other birds

Pet parrots given the choice to video-call each other or watch pre-recorded videos of other birds will flock to the opportunity for live chats, new research shows.

phys.org

 

[kenny]

LOL
Very Kewl!
Thanks for posting.
I gotta look into this.

 

[kenny]

Bibi said, "Since you're letting me go on the Internet, do they sell anatomically-correct silicon Conure parrot dolls".

Then he said, " SQUAWK I'm asking for a friend. SQUAWK".

 

[tyty333]

Do you know what sex Bibi is @kenny? I'm Just curious.

I think it would be a great idea if you could find an online friend for Bibi. Kenny...start an eharmony (eSquawk?) for birds app!

 

[kenny]

Good idea @tyty333 .
Sinse I'm aware of identity theft I'm hesitant to dive into the heart of the internet as a content creator.
I'm not on any social media.
I've never even downloaded a single app.
The internet has a dark side that I'm aware of but not savvy about.

We don't know Bibi's gender.
I don't breed them so Bibi's gender isn't important to me.
When I got him I flipped a coin.
Heads for he, tails for she.
It was heads, so he it is.

In many birds the genders look very different, but not so with conures.
The main way to be sure is to send blood to a lab to check the RNA.
I think it's only 15 bucks, and you don't even need to draw blood.
You just pull out a live feather or two from the breast.

But there's another way you might discover gender.
Long ago I had a cockatiel that I was sure was male because of the colors.
But one day I woke up to find an egg on the floor of his her cage.

I still don't know Bibi's preferred pronoun.
But maybe if he starts chatting online with parrots around the world he'll get edjumakated about gender fluidity, and come to realize he's really a man or a woman.