Pet Birds Playing Dead
How shall we start the new year? With medication? Sorry, out of meds. How about looking at video clips of pet birds playing dead? Recently, I’ve had to write a lot of articles on pet birds. I know a lot about pet birds, although I’ve never actually kept one. I know enough to know that I should never have a pet bird. I do know that our generation is paying for the sins of our fathers, which gathered pet birds from the wild and decimated the wild flocks. Now, like it or not, the decendents of these captured birds need a home and thankfully, some people seem to be willing to take them in, feed them and keep them from plucking all of their feathers out from boredom.
And, for their part of the bargain, apparently pet birds have to learn how to play dead. Fair enough. I’m not sure if any of these videos will go viral like last year’s phenom, Snowball the Sulfur-Crested Cockatoo who worshipped The Backstreet Boys, but they are pretty damn cute. Enjoy.
First up is Leo, a Sun Conure who has to go to bed:
And here’s another one of Leo. Just can’t get enough of Leo:
Here’s a green… well, a green bird, working hard at playing dead:
Not to be outdone, Bean proves he can also kick some air:
And, finally, the last word is appropriately from the late great Alex the African Grey Parrot. I think this was filmed near the end of his life:
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