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Offline Conrad

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Very smart birds
« on: January 09, 2013, 09:45:00 AM »
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Smartest Crow Ever
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Re: Very smart birds
« Reply #1 on: January 09, 2013, 10:11:35 AM »
Wow!
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Re: Very smart birds
« Reply #2 on: January 09, 2013, 10:55:23 AM »
Those birds are smarter than some people that I know...
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Re: Very smart birds
« Reply #3 on: January 09, 2013, 01:08:41 PM »
The local seagulls do the same "drop and crack" trick with clams.  Works like a charm for them, but out on the beach rocks, not on a road.
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Re: Very smart birds
« Reply #4 on: January 09, 2013, 07:36:21 PM »
Ravens are even smarter.
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Re: Very smart birds
« Reply #5 on: January 10, 2013, 04:42:47 AM »
I like Magpies..
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Re: Very smart birds
« Reply #6 on: January 10, 2013, 04:54:59 AM »
me too
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Re: Very smart birds
« Reply #7 on: January 10, 2013, 04:59:45 AM »
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Re: Very smart birds
« Reply #8 on: January 10, 2013, 07:29:27 AM »
 :yikes:  How long until they figure out how to push the button for the pedestrian crossing?
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Re: Very smart birds
« Reply #9 on: January 10, 2013, 08:18:53 AM »
And being called a "bird brain" used to be a slam!
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Re: Very smart birds
« Reply #10 on: January 10, 2013, 08:41:02 AM »
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Re: Very smart birds
« Reply #11 on: January 10, 2013, 09:04:34 AM »
I have an umbrella Cockatoo, would blow your mind with how intelligent and "manipulative" he is.  They are serious problem solvers, he stacks toys, puts rings on/off of a peg, opens latches, unties knots, disassembles ball point pins piece by piece with no damage, and he has quite the vocabulary and says certain things at very appropriate times. Birds are amazing creatures, I have always been enamored by them.
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Re: Very smart birds
« Reply #12 on: January 10, 2013, 09:10:29 AM »
I used to have an African Grey like Alex.  They're WICKED smart, loving, sweet animals.  But they're also petulant 2 year-olds at times.
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Re: Very smart birds
« Reply #13 on: January 10, 2013, 10:32:41 AM »
Quote from: Conrad on January 10, 2013, 04:59:45 AM
Who remembers these guys?


I occasionally work with them...
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Re: Very smart birds
« Reply #14 on: January 10, 2013, 11:04:57 AM »
We used to have an Amazon Blue Front named Barney. He was 35 years old when he died, we had him for 25 of those years. I loved that bird and it hit me hard when he died of aspergillosis 3 or 4 years ago. Barney was very smart too and talked up a storm and he loved messing with the dogs.

Barney loved to look out the windows from his cage and whenever he saw someone outside he made a certain noise. Before we got dogs Barn would only make that noise when he saw someone outside. After we got dogs the dogs picked up on this noise and they knew that when Barney made this noise that there was someone to bark at outside and they would rush over to the window to bark at whoever it was. Well Barn picked up on this and he would make that noise just to mess with the dogs. He'd make that noise and then watch the dogs haul ass over to a window, barking before they even got there. The dogs would look and look but there wasn't anyone to bark at. It was funny as hell because you could watch Barney when he did this and he'd get a kick out of the dog's confusion. 

Rest in peace buddy.

 

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Re: Very smart birds
« Reply #15 on: January 10, 2013, 03:42:03 PM »
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