tags: parrots, pets, birds, behavior, animal training, basketball-playing parrots, streaming video
This amazing video of parrots playing basketball is fascinating watching because it shows the results of patience combined with excellent animal training techniques. This video shows clips from "1 on 1" and "2 on 2" basketball games, starring parrots, Bo and Yoda (Congo African Grey parrots, Psittacus erithacus erithacus) and Hannah and Gustav (Solomon Islands Eclectus parrots, Eclectus roratus solomonensis).
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tags: National Pet Week 2008, companion pets,
What's very bad for one parrot turns out to be great for the species.
tags: National Pet Week 2008, companion pets,
This amusing essay is making the rounds on the intertubes (as usual) this year, so I had to share it with you.
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Wow. That's incredible. My birds that /get along/ nip and bite at each other all the time, so for her to have gotten four birds to work together like this and wrestle over the ball without bloodshed is downright miraculous.