halevan Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 A news item said that there is a pet parrot in America that, when shown a picture of a parrot hanging upside down on a swing:screeched "Quick get that parrot on video" did it really know what it was saying? or is it a publicity stunt? Is it vaguely possible for an animal to think in those terms and to understand what they are saying, after all they do have brains but reasoning power: "I am not at all sure". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackthedog Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 I know more humans that are almost animal ha ha. That sounds like it's trained to do that particular thing. Why would it know what a video is, and why - if it did - would it think that it would be a good idea for an upside-down parrot to be recorded? Dont think it has any sort of reasoning. It's repeating what was said to it a thousand times I reckon! Big daft bird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 Originally posted by jackthedog It's repeating what was said to it a thousand times I reckon! Big daft bird. I think there's a bit more to it than that. Here's the BBC's report. When he first met Dr Jane Goodall, the renowned chimpanzee expert, after seeing her in a picture with apes, N'kisi said: "Got a chimp?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackthedog Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 Hmm. Not quite so big and daft it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPG Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 You can define intelligence in animals (and humans) by this simple test... Can they tell the difference between real... and glass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cazzaworld Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 My staffi acts like a hairy child. Aww bless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zamo Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 That parrot has a vocabulary of 950 words... that's 52 more than the average person from Rotherham!?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
segasonic Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 My parent's dog thinks it's human. When you sit down she comes for a cuddle, which was fine when she was a pup but she's now about 7 stones of fully grown black labrador Heavy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duffman Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 Originally posted by RPG You can define intelligence in animals (and humans) by this simple test... Can they tell the difference between real... and glass Lets put out a payne of glass on Barkers pool around when Kingdom is kicking out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t020 Posted February 7, 2004 Share Posted February 7, 2004 No, they're just species of animals. Humans are also species of animals, therefore its more a case of humans being animals than animals being human. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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