These parrots have learned to video-call each other in an attempt by researchers to enrich their lives and improve socialization.
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We have 4 macaws and a conure so my hub and I were thrilled to see this🦜 . They talk to each other so we don’t need to video chat but this is perfect for folks who have only one parrot😊.
I love it.. but also it shows how much these birds actually need each other. Anyone who has a parrot should definitely just have a pair at least.
They don’t bond with you in pairs
ıt could be bad for animals for their psychology. They want to touch but cannot feel. As we humans can understand ıts not real but anımals ?
I thought ..That was the purpose of doing the experiment so they can communicate with other birds when alone at home..
Nice
Beautiful parrot
it doesnt look like they were interested at all, you just put a screen in front of their face. I bet they’d react the same way if you played a parrot video.
I actually read the article about this and they were interested! In fact, they displayed more social behaviors when video calling! They would preen more and would enthusiastically call their friends. And yes, they had friends. They demonstrated a clear preference for certain parrots over the others, and the most popular parrots were the ones who called others the most!
@mackiexoxo8193why wasnt that in the video?
@kingpazn Because the media sucks sometimes you have to read about things, the study was pretty extensive and showed they did know it was a live bird and not recorded