guess it was a sonic weapon after all then ahahaha

Oh I thought it was a phone ring. A lot of parrots learn that one unfortunately

Interesting! Both mine do it too!

Syrinx Shriek sounds like some sort of attack in a turn based fighting game like Pokémon or something

Oh i thought it was the bord screaming *FUCK* really loud

*chomps at finger* "don't bite!!"

Haha this comment is so damn funny

The thing is, we are all actually totally thrilled. I gotta get my Apollo every day. (But I'm happy to get this allergy-free easy five minute dose and let them do the maintenance and cleaning, lol).

We call this bubble gum disease, though I don't remember why! 😂😂😂

@@RockandRollWoman then I have it when I’m really tired and not self-aware lol

He's got big autism energy and we love that for him

​@@theWeaverofTalesDude I was literally about to bring up autism myself 😂😂😂 I was like, welcome to the world of being autistic lol XDDD

I let very little thoughts not escape my chaotic brain

*chews* “no chewin’.’” *continues chewing*

@@NICKI814 It's common to use "goes" in place of "says", idk what the big deal is

@@NICKI814 We are not in English class, this is a casual and chill environment, slang is 100% okay, especially since it's the internet.

@@NICKI814 We'll agree to disagree on the importance of grammar I guess...Made an interesting conversation at the least.

@@NICKI814 Hey. I’ve been accused more times than most of being a grammar Nazi. But you’re being a right idiot now. I’m guessing you’re pretending to be a grammar Nazi for bait. “Goes” is casual colloquial speech for saying how someone does something, the same way one would say “so he was like ‘hi’ and I was like ‘hey.’” We’re not writing an essay here. We’re using casual speech.

Went from PRRRIII, to WOOOOOWW

He's such a little troll. I love him

I love when hes talking and he just busts out a whistle song its like he cant get all the things he wants to out at the sametime so he jumbles them together for fun.

WWWWWOW WAAAOOW ... _W A A A A A A A_

@@CooperDooper38*W A A A A*

No, you really don’t want to. Not unless you’re okay with vertigo, nausea, migraines, vomiting, etc.

It's very similar to those little shrieker self-defense devices they make for women, except only for a split second. Loud enough to feel pain in your actual eardrums.

me too

​@@rekkariley652is it really that bad/loud?

@@veronica3662 Yes. Keep in mind, these birds evolved to be heard across miles of extremely dense forest. Multiple such birds all calling out at the same time in a very cramped room is going to cause damage to creatures who did not evolve for the same circumstances. Edit: I say this from having experienced it directly. My first job out of high school was at a local pet store that specialized in exotic birds. I very quickly noticed that I was getting vertigo and nausea within just a couple of hours; turned out to be inner ear damage from the birds. Friend of mine loaned me a pair of those special headphones they use at gun tournaments that block out everything above a certain decibel level, and that helped. Thankfully, that store has since moved to a much better location that isn’t nearly as cramped!

Does he make the same "bad noise" Apollo makes here?

Hm… isn’t this the way parrots are? people should be completely ready to make that sacrifice when they buy a parrot like this. It’s simply their nature so why change it.

@@abbybarrett4855 Say that when you have to hear the bad noise.

@@AzureTheAvian yea then don’t get a parrot, simple. This is what they do in the wild

​@@AzureTheAvianat 3am

Demons, man

yeah I laughed and then choked

Sounds kinda like crashbandicoot

You can hear him practicing it at 1:08

1:56

Same lol

Mine tries to eat glass CONSTANTLY

​@@cerbera_22 Your bird and I are kindred spirits

People really underestimate how loud parrots are, and then a lot of people just can't handle it. I hope people who just want a mimic start getting starlings or similar small mimicking songbirds instead. Way more manageable for mist people and also can't seriously injure you with their beaks.

​@@baptul_bim... You?

@@ANPC-pi9vu Starlings have such beautiful calls, omg... Also moving to Australia killed my desire to have any bird of any kind. The parrots' ungodly screeching is a massive NOPE from me, lol

That’s why I think parrot owners should always add something to their videos to discourage others, even if it’s a write-up in their description, saying that birds/parrots should not ever be bought, only adopted, and explain a bit about just how intense of a lifetime commitment they are. Explain other things too, like how noisy they are, and how most of them get rehomed X amount of times within their lives because most people don’t keep the commitment to them. And that they are like needy toddlers for life, etc etc.. That they require a lifestyle where someone is home all the time, and so on. The breeding trade needs to stop. Too many birds have been abandoned when they become “inconvenient” to the owners. It’s an epidemic. And it’s not fair at all to these highly intelligent, social winged animals to be kept in captivity indoors, in/on cages their whole lives. They deserve to be outside in the sunshine with their own flock, free to fly whenever they wish and have their own families. Birds shouldn’t be kept as pets; it’s very selfish of us to do so, because it’s not in their best interests. Therefore buying birds should be made illegal, and only adoption allowed until they’re all adopted and phased out as being allowed as pets. That’s the movement that should be encouraged. They are not domesticated animals. They are exotic wild animals, no matter how much they become accustomed to living in a human’s environment, with a human “mate.” It breaks my heart to see this gorgeous African Grey parrot locked in a cage, and it should break everyone else’s heart too. I know that he/she is not kept in there 24/7, but I also know that it’s simply not fair to the birds themselves to be kept inside closed cages. : /

Well he is a parrot…

EeEE

Lmao

Ngl this vid made me realize how similar my verbal stims are to parrots talking for the sake of it lmao so yep

dats adorable!

😂😂

Is the starling able to reach the same volume? If so that is insane. RIP your hearing.

@@ANPC-pi9vuiirc they can. i wouldn’t know. i do have a special interest (i’m autistic) in birds, but i’ve never owned one as we have a dog and two cats, my aunt hates birds, and a couple other factors.

@@ANPC-pi9vu It probably could, but it also probably won't. Unlike parrots, starlings don't have ears to withstand it.

timestamp? he’s sassy several times which one do u mean

No time stamp needed, Idk when exactly is being referred to but I have seen Apollo troll them several times. "Apollo what's this?" "Glass" "Yes but what! is this?" "Purple" "Yes but WHAT is this?" "SHSHSHRRRROOOCKCKCK! (silly neck bobble [aka: ha ha ha]) LOL! HILARIOUS

They do all the time, the more intelligent the bird, the more sass you get. My silliest bird, she lives to argue with me, she's only happy when in an argument. My Alexandrian, he is cheeky, he steals things off guests and hides it, he than makes a vocal laugh as they frantically look for said stolen item. My African Grey, she's incredibly gentle, uses manners to get her way. My Eclectus, my uncle with lung disease visited, now he walks around the house making coughing noises. Birds are crazy and keep you on your toes.

My family has a large macaw which was adopted. It will bite strangers if they stick their finger in her cage. But, since when this (rarely) happens, others in the room would laugh, the parrot has learned to make a laughing sound after biting someone 😂

I had a parrot that did the same thing.@@joeyvindictive3552

I know. I can feel my defense sharply falling.

WOOOOOW BOWWWE

WOUWZIIEE

*RAEEAH*

Like fennec foxes, they're cute in a 10 minute video, but not 18 hours a day, every day for 60 years. Not ragging on anyone who can own one, more power to you. I just prefer my cute birb noises in short bursts.

@@Majima_Nowhere Parrots are basically toddlers that never grow up, live for 60 years, love to scream as loud as they can, and can fly. Definitely not for me.

What was it?

​@@Axel_Kasai...

​@@Axel_Kasai It's that loud shrill trill he was doing in the video. They had to turn the volume down in editing. It's the scifi lazer sound, but so sharp and loud it causes physical pain and tinnitus. Someone in another comment says it's something wild parrots use as self defense against predators.

@@ANPC-pi9vu Lol. They made that up. Apollo simply picked that up somewhere - whether it was off of the tv or from a toy, who knows. Parrots mimic, as you know.

My grey does the same thing. His instinctual reaction to taking a stumble is always something like oof or oops. Just one of the reasons I hesitate to refer to these birds as animals. If they had thumbs they’d probably be in their neolithic age making tools and such.

@@RifterDaskehh i'd say most of it is just replicating noise he hears without much reason to it, some of it is definitely a mild understanding, but i doubt its much more than "ok so if i make this noise i get food, neat"

I understand why you would say that. I get it, but I am entirely certain that you're incorrect. More certain than I am of most things. You'd have it exactly right with almost any other parrot species.@@waffler-yz3gw

​@@RifterDaskNot any other parrot species. There's a great veterinary paper about contextual language even in budgies. Like whales, these guys have language. It's not thumbs holding them back, either. They can use tools just fine. They just don't really have the drive to build highways and civilization. There's a study about the gorillas who use sign language, where not a single one has ever asked an inquisitory question. That doesn't mean they're not curious--they just don't have a concept of intentionally seeking answers from someone outside themselves and their own exploration. Seems to be the same with all of the hyper intelligent language using species. Dolphins probably could've figured out some undersea empire using their very agile mouths if they cared. There's an ancient text that says "you were the one who taught us beyond the animals;" as in, it's not intelligence or a soul that's the difference, but that someone from outside came and taught us (in this case Job is referring to God), like we come and teach birds and whales. Someone else gave us the creator and searcher and questioner bug that doesn't just accept things as they are, both our curse and our strength. So we treat animals kindly, because there we would be, too, without someone choosing to treat us this way. It seems to fit the science available to me, as well as my experiences training birds and seeing when that sentient light turns on in their eyes, so I believe it.

​@@waffler-yz3gwNeat vet paper on language speaking animals (birds and whales) you should check out. Unlike cats or other animals who understand tone more "Pavlovian" ways (although they do understand some vocab), parrots do in fact possess discrete morphemes!

Apple I unsubscribe whith my 65 alts

Wdym by that

Pun intended

That’s not what a “vibe” means. If you’re going to use AA slang, you should figure out what it means before using it.

@@MakeWay4CJ I can confirm that Apollo is indeed, a vibe

@@MakeWay4CJ oh shit, it's the Grammar Nazi's evil sidekick, The Colloquial Police!! No comment section is safe!

@@MakeWay4CJ vibin with apollo rn.

@@MakeWay4CJ Maybe you should Morb elsewhere, because it isn't Morbin time here. Vibing with Apollo.

In my experience animals don't stop doing things if you don't give any reaction. Any reaction can make them keep doing it and be taken as positive reinforcement and the absence of action can be as well. Think about it: getting PEOPLE to change their behaviour is almost impossible, how much more so with beings that have only a rudimentary grasp of intention and logic and causality? This is the major reason I no longer have a pet of any sort.

@@nullifye7816 Probably because they have a lower grasp, it is easier to get them to change. Have ever trained a dog ? It's much easier than training a human. If his intent was to make you react, and you react, then he's not going to stop.

@@flavorlessquark8614 Apollo's intent may _not_ have been to get a reaction tho. He may just be making the noise because it's a fun noise, in which case it needs to be made clear that he can't do that.

That’s how we handle every other annoying noise, but this one is physically painful unless you’re in another room; negative reinforcement in the form of timeout until he goes long enough without doing it is the only option. He’s smart enough to understand he gets timeout for doing it, if we ignore it he spams it repeatedly and it’s very difficult not to react when he does it randomly giving you sharp ear pain and momentary tinnitus.

@@ApolloandFrens "spams it" like it's a high damage low cd AoE spell in a MOBA/RPG game lmao

Bro I bout to set us up for ear bleeding.

Most speakers do not do it justice, they physically cannot replicate the sound. And the few that can require the sound be picked up with good clarity by things meant for things in that range as most microphones are meant for recording things in our "normal" hearing range. Those screams are a natural sonic weapon and are surprisingly effective on anything with dynamic hearing like predators or humans. You really don't want to, I am speaking from experience. It will feel like a flashback went off in the room without the blindness, and if the bird was close to you it will hurt for hours. Some people experience nausea and vertigo and intense tinnitus as well as the pain. I love caring for parrots, but my ears need time to recover so they don't stay very long sadly when I foster or birdsit.

no. you dont.

You know they’re… like an actual animal, right?

@@Cahrssomething no way

@@Cahrssomethingthey’r’nt