Did This Parrot Just Ask a Question?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ก.ย. 2024
- Managed to film an amazing interaction with Apollo. He asks me "what's this" about the keys and sink backsplash (ceramic), even seeming to correct me about it being closer to glass than rock. He then answers my question about the class cup for the first time, saying "glassk" which is why I was so excited.
Apollo is our 2 year-old Talking African Grey parrot we've had since December 2020.
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The five elements: Water, Glass, Paper, Metal, and Rock.
And Wario.
That all changed when the glass nation attacked
Next, we will have the Wood and Plastic DLC.
And Shrek
And cloth
Apollo convincing his owner that the wall is glass not rock is hilarious. He’s gonna offer you a pistachio soon
@@jacktaylor148 It actually is
@@Forgotmk Are ceramics glass or rock? This bird mang lol
@@Forgotmk It depends. Glass in the traditional sense is amorphous. Infact anything in that lab that is amorphous we usually just abreviate as glass. There is a kind of ceramic called glass-ceramic which is polycrystalline, but only because you can actually crystalize glass with an incredible amount of control. Glass is not naturally polycrystalline and therefore ceramics are not considered glass in the traditional sense but can be made of a glass that has been crystalized very carefully by unnatural means.
@@nuclearandspaceeducation3201 👍
The fact that at some point you two started having a conversation/argument about what base element tile was (metal vs glass vs rock) is so amazing to me. So easy to almost forget he’s a bird!
A very smart intelligent bird at that.
It's sort of both, which is the problem! It'd be like if he only had the words for red and yellow, and was asked what color an orange was. One might say red, someone else might say yellow!
Having worked at walmart for 4 years in my youth, I can honestly say that this bird is smarter than some of the customers I was paid to help.
Yeah, once this happened, Apollo is a person to me. I didn't even think about it.
Especially since the bird corrected the owner and was right. Dude said rock and later Apollo said this is glass, and dude was like maybe this IS glass
I love how apollo pronounces things. ''glassk'', ''shrock'', ''MeTaL.'' It's unique and interesting !
Paper!
rrrRRRROCK!!!
@@s8wc3 SHROCK
Shrek + Rock = Shrock
*touch purple.*
I love how he says metal so sweetly but glass like he’s plotting someone’s death
Ones a question. The other is a threat.
Thanks for the happy!🦜🦜
G L A S K
😂😂😂
GLASSK
I love when Apollo says “what’s this?”😂😂😂
Pretty much inquisitive about his surroundings
''WhAt's ThIs?''
"What's this? What's this?
There's color everywhere
What's this?
There's white things in the air
What's this?
I can't believe my eyes, I must be dreaming
Wake up, Jack, this isn't fair
What's this?
What's this? What's this?
There's something very wrong
What's this?
There's people singing songs
What's this?
The streets are lined with little creatures laughing
Everybody seems so happy
Have I possibly gone daffy? What is this?
What's this?..."
@@wrathofainzI was literally about to comment: Can’t wait to see him ask in snow so he can sing the song
@@simplicitylost 💀🎅🎶
Loved the sudden breakout into full sprint for a pistachio
Dalton’s real fast 💨
Saw your comment before the sprint and I thought it was Apollo who would make the sprint, imagine my surprise 😂
I read that while he was sprinting
You gotta be fast so they associate the correct response with the treat. Teaching your bird to not scream for attention is the same way you gotta praise the quiet and give them attention when they don't scream at you for it. Been trying to teach that to my quaker and it's slow but she's getting it.
i'd do the same for a good p'stach.
If you've read the story of Alex the African Grey, you might know that when Alex didnt have the word for something, he would sometimes combine two words he knew to make up a new word. Perhaps Apollo is doing this with Glass and Rock ("Glask")
S H R O C K too
He says in one recent video:
“Shrek. Rock. S H R O C K”
@@ParakeetTheBirdWingWasntHereyeah I think especially with glask Apollo was trying to describe that chunk of wall but couldn't wrap his head around it until he combined glass and rock into his head to make glask. Same thing must have happened with Shrek and rock I just wonder what made that happen
@@justanotheranimeprofilepic Honestly I find it exactly as interesting from the human pov, like, you're trying to teach this incredibly intelligent animal complex topics in a way he can handle, by breaking things down into approximate categories... but what do you do with 'ceramic' or 'metal keys with a weird flexible keychain that is also present'
Omg that's so fascinating. I just figured he was goofy.
Banerry!
He's exactly like a 3 year old, asking for things for no reason just to test whether he can get them (fresh water!), asking constant questions and wanting to learn
I think we can understand ourselves better if we can learn to understand animals
They are forever toddlers
now here is the real question on parrot intelligence will get every out grow this phase. we humans advance to higher understanding but do parrots escape year three? they certainly live long it should be possible.
@@josephrion3514 Sadly they dont really outgrow it in the same sense. Their intelligence is kind of locked at that level thanks to their small brains and whatnot. They can keep learning though!
@@josephrion3514 ive been reading that their intelligence can advance to the equivilant of about a 5year old human. Which is very impressive for a bird.
I can imagine how confused Apollo was as says "glass" casually and you don't react but then he says "GLASSK!" and you go all excited 😂
because of the fact that apollo saw glass and said glass, as apposed to saying it.
@@Echo_1773 hello mr obvious
why respond to a 2 month post@@Sethbowl
@@Echo_1773 time is an illusion
Lunchtime doubly so
First, anyone who doesn’t know, this takes a lot of time and patience and love to get this kind of behavior. Kudos to apollos family for the obvious time spent with this parrot. He looks healthy and happy. Which is more than I can say about some other parrot you tubers.
Parrots take alot of work and live a very long time.
I hope you keep this attention up for his next 40 years of life.
Agree wholeheartedly! I love parrots but am not young enough to get one. You’re right! They’re a lifelong commitment & can live a long time. If you’re not prepared to put considerable time & devotion into them, don’t get them! They’re extremely intelligent & sensitive creatures who often regard their primary carer as their mate. They can grieve & die if neglected &/or abandoned.
It’s clear that Apollo’s owners are very devoted to him & he appears to be a very happy & healthy bird. I adore him, he’s so incredibly smart & so full of personality. Great job, guys in how you’re caring for this wonderful bird! 💕
@@renb6133 never rule yourself out as a loving home for a needy old bird :) imagine giving the last 5-10 years of a birds life the best life ever. it takes them longer to come around, but when they realize they have a forever home, they are the best companion ever.
@@neeneetsyes I think about maybe rescuing an older parrot at some point.
You can always kell them if you get bored
@@GigaBoostI would go for some parrot nuggets. _😋_
imagine he nibbles on your finger and says “flesh” when you’ve never taught him that word
Uh ohhh
I was thinking the same thing lol
😂😂😂
Apollo: "Meat"
Dude I was thinking of the same thing except it was “human flash tissue”, that would be quite funny yet creepy
My experience is that the 'no chewing' command is generally disregarded by Grey parrots...
I agree...I can't trust one of my Amazons anywhere near anything wood.....Shes like a Beaver!!
All parrots fit to that one I guess
Apollo was telling the dude "no chewing" He was giving the "no chewing" command to the owner but doesnt mean he himself has to follow the rule
"No chewing" is disregarded by all parrots, in my experience. My home has had much destruction from all of my owned and fostered parrots over the years.
Yes!
An idea I have about why he calls everything glass or metal: he touches/taps it with his beak, and they all feel relatively the same: hard and cold. He's not necessarily _wrong_ about things being glass, it just might be difficult for so many things that feel like Glass to be Not Glass.
I think he’s also going off what it sounds like. Glass and metal both go “ding!”
Exactly. His beak doesn't have tactile sensations, any more than does a human fingernail, so he isn't feeling it. Maybe guide him to feel it with his feet somehow, or taste it with his tongue? But the latter might encourage chewing on unwanted items, to be fair.
Beak tapping gives way more information about material structure vs "feeling them with his feet"...
The closest thing humans can do is fingernail tapping, but beak tapping is clearly better.
The way he got so excited when apollo got the glass command correct was so wholesome, my heart 🥲
Putting excitement into your voice helps the bird understand that it did good.
I loved that, he was so happy :)
Yes, that’s right! Made of glass, good bird Apollo!
@@lisamcdonald1014 .... GLASK
It...honestly creeped me out, was SO enthusiastic it went over the edge. Beyond sarcasm, into psychotic.
But I've not had to train a bird at this level. It's probably what's required
I love that he actively seeks to understand his environment and communicate with you. He's literally NOT parroting 💗💗
I've tried to explain this to people and showed them videos where he's asking questions, but nobody is impressed
@@vinceeager8553 Right? People think all you need to do is say things a few times and viola, they can speak English (or whatever language they're learning) Even "parroting" isn't easy. but Apollo is clearly understanding what he's saying
@@Lynn_CliftonI feel like a lot of people look at animals as meat machines, talking birds especially as meat tape recorders.
@@PMickeyDee Sadly, yes. I'm a zoologist, and I absolutely love birds. It's obvious Apollo is asking questions and trying to understand his environment.
Well in a way it’s “parroting” because that what all talking is we heard our parents say different thing when feeling different emotions or showing different things so we are but is a situation we “parrot” what we heard our parents say in a similar situation and because of this “parroting” are brains are larger so we can intake more data and hove more connections between words and objects. Honestly if ai was treated more like a toddler who doesn’t know anything and taught like one it would probably be more life like you would just need to let it store connections and intake lots of data. This is what make this so much more interesting and confusing on how we should treat ai and animals especially pets who spend a lot of time with humans because we all are essentially parroting each other and what others say in similar situations. Add on hormones to give us more emotions and give us a sense of good and bad happy and sad and you have a whole person which make ai really interesting because that’s another kind of ai that reward certain behaviors and punishes others letting machines learn right from wrong what makes ai’s so difficulties where we draw the line how human will they be. Which makes these videos all the more interesting.
Maybe Apollo kept saying “Water”, “Fresh Water”, and “Pouring Water” because he was by the sink?? If he doesn’t know the word for Sink, he might simply be trying to describe where he’s sitting.
I love the way he just suddenly said “rrrock!” Like he was figuring it out for himself lol. He’s technically not wrong when he said the “glass” was made of rock though. Sand is technically rock lmao. Such a smart boy! I LOVE the way he tilts his head and looks at you/the camera.
Maybe I would say wall....lol. I have had some smart birds but not like Apollo...they would run after me saying, "come here..come here". I taught mine to dance...but when I did I made some really stupid tune...like do, ta do ta .do..over and over ..so when he started dancing...do ta do ta do..came out ....I'm scratching my head trying to figure out this sound...bird was smarter than me....lol
My grandfather's African Gray would make the sound of a cup filling up with water from the sink. He knew a LOT of words and sounds. Sometimes he would minic my grandmother calling my name and It really sounded like her so i would go find her.
The head tilting, interestingly, is the bird looking at you and examining closer/paying attention. Their eyes are on the sides of their heads.
Right !
Macaw's don't think the same way we do. These phrases don't mean to it what they mean to us. Bird communication is very different for birds than us, more complex. So just because the Macaw is saying words you and I recognize doesn't mean it's saying those words to us at those meanings. It usually learns patterns that generate certain responses from us.
That "running across house to get treat for birb" moment
the “pop” sound seems to be apollo’s way of saying “yeah whatever”
I call it the click sigh sort of the parrot way to shrug or groan in annoyance or indifference
It is an ‘info/command captured’ acknowledgement sound.
‘Yes! Good BIRD!’ (Then quickly runs for a ‘pistash!) 🤣 He deserved that ‘stashio!!! Love Apollo!
*pistash?*
I love how curious he is with everything
African grey parrots have a wild curiosity, and pretty much like a toddler for the rest of their lives
His eyes get so big when he's processing something new. Mind expanding!
@TamaraKane You can really see the gears turning with Greys (and other parrots) and Cockatoos. It's really fascinating. You can see them work it out, it'd be so neat to step inside and get the whole story.
@@chaoschaoful I agree! They're so earnest. They try really hard to cross that species barrier to learn another animal's language. They have so much fun with it, too. Birds have lyrical and rhythmic instincts. Communicating through song. I imagine it might be kind of like that. Thinking of our human words as birdsong they can sing to identify the world and communicate with us. Like learning a language, but also like learning to play a mouth instrument on a beak. Kind of like learning to play a piano song on a guitar, or more impressive, on a slide whistle or a harmonica, and still making it sound so recognizable to us. I'm amazed.
Apollo is so sweet, smart and gentle. I really love him.
Yes, that’s right! It’s made of glass, good bird Apollo!
I like it when he's just pondering something and has to make a cell phone sound to fill the gap. 0:45
Love the way you two interact. You are doing such a great job. This bird is seriously smart and trying to learn. Someone on a grey forum just mentioned you .
I like how Apollo has trained the human to get pistachios.
I like how he says everything’s is made of paper 😂
Makes it all the easier to win against him when playing rock, scissor, paper 😂😂
@@murphychurch8251 omg, he could eventually play that!
And glask
@@ljmcdonald2703 glassk beats everything
MeTaL *taps metal thing*
It's amazing to see a parrot that's so eager and willing to learn. My family has had an African Grey since I was five, he's thirty five now. He's not a talker, only says what he wants to say and hates every human except my Mom and sister. We love him, even though he's a grump and always has been. Way to go Apollo! Sending love from Memphis, TN~
4:10 “Glask.” lol
I love how in some cases when you correct him, he'll look at you like "Well, which is it? Make up your mind!" as if you got it wrong too.
- you almost said it right!
birb: “p o p”
I love these birds. My grandmother had one that use to scream and scare the cats away. They are very smart.
“Maybe that is glass… Especially if we’re calling mugs glass.”
Glass is made from sand which is made from rock.
@@lollycopter Metal is refined from ore, which is rock.
He's so smart. Mugs and tiles are usually ceramic. He could learn a new word.
It's wonderful that you've kept your bird physically and mentally stimulated. So many people unfortunately cage these birds. It's so cruel .
Edit: caging any animal is wrong not just birds.
Having a cage as a home base is fine though.
I think they mean that people keep the birds in cages. Having a bed or base is fine because it's a safe space like a dog has their bed or a cat has their tree. But keeping them in a cage, like an accessory or decor is cruel because your not exercising or interacting with them.
@@BJGvideos yes u're right. For just sleeping or when there are dangerous situations/people around. But unfortunately many people keep birds in cages 24/7 for their entire life. The only time the bird comes out is after its natural death. It's unimaginable torture.
The birds become aggressive due to no love, pluck feathers or develop swollen legs and fatty liver die to no exercise.
When I have called them out for it they've said.
''We enjoy the bird talking. We don't have time nor interest to keep it entertained.''
Neither do they take the bird our nor they rehome it.
@@Deas-Mhumhna such cruel people do exist unfortunately.
@@erzascarlet47 I'd be stealing the bird if that was the case.
Highly intelligent bird! He has crossed over into abstract thought by asking what things are and even arguing with you about the results. Lol!!
I love the way he speaks...
Simply adorable..
God bless you and ur appolo dude
Me too
Seeing the owner rushing to get a pistachio out of pure joy for Apollo's correct answer is so wholesome.
So smart that Apollo! Tile is actually made of clay (mud) and glaze made from chemicals for color and ground glass.
You could probably get away with calling it "stone", as opposed to the other materials.
I don't think apollo is smart enough to say that lol
lol Apollos dad prob just wanted to make it more simple for Apollo, since clay and glaze are probably new words for him
If someone asked me I would say it's "Glass"! From some experience in Materials Engineering. We have engineering ceramics (like the alumina your spark plugs are made of) which are closer to artificial stone, and the ordinary pottery which definitely have something to do with glass, and especially the GLAZE, the part you bonk your beak on. "Glass" is a good answer! Ah, I'm trying to teach some of this stuff to COLLEGE STUDENTS!
His comprehension and learning ability are rather impressive. It takes a lot of patience to work with an animal even one with the comprehension of a 3 year old human child. They're impressive birds each with their own quirks and personalities. Thank you for sharing Apollo, good bird!
“Well it’s definitely not metal !” 😂
I love how you talk with one another. ❤️
You are so respectful of the bird, teaching him about the world around him rather than phrases that are meaningless to him or pointless tricks.
he definitely understands what materials are, because he is not just saying random words, he is the materials he learned over time
I do wonder if his understanding of "made of" is more akin to "what does this sound like" instead of "what is the composition" since he always checks the sound when asked "what made of" and does not seem to care about stuff like color or shape when trying to answer.
@@fabrizioart1928 true, but he can differentiate between shrek and vario despite both being made from plastic, and he doesn't check the sound when asked about color
@fabrizioart1928 Actually, that's likely because if they want to know the composition, they would taste it.
Although I'm no expert on parrots.
"he is the materials he learned over time"
I'm sorry, but what?
My red head conure tried to talk at times. Oddly enough, whenever I would turn on the faucet she would say "hello". Mostly the bird was a screamer. Loved tomatoes and poblano peppers. And French fries.
lol Smart boy. Those tiles aren't stone, they are ceramic, and ceramic glaze is melted glass!
❤😃 He actually DID ask questions, thats amazing! You can just see him thinking, as he cocks his head & taps in diff. Spots. Apollo is SO smart, i just love watching this guy!!
(He was messin with ypu at the end "metal, Rock, paper ...) i KNOW, he KNOWS glass!! 😂
I miss my African grey so much. He was my baby and he knew it.
In case you wanna hear again and again, here are the GLAASK and the RRROCK pronunciation time labels:
3:05 RRROCK
4:10 GLAASK
:)
I am also thinking about making the RRROCK my notification sound
😁
They’re actually a few seconds back more like 3:02 and 4:07
I’ve been watching your newer stuff, and seeing how Apollo was a year ago gives a lot of gravity to the dedication it took to get him where he is now! This video was great to see a year later :)
No joke if one of the things in the shop said GLASSK instead of glass, i would buy it immediately.
_It's glass..._
_Glass._
*_... GLASK._*
I love the way Apollo says his words! And I love his clicks! He's so cute, and the relationship he has with his human is awesome.
By the way, I love the way he says "glass". He loves it too. Pure gold 😉🥇
Why Frens and not Friends? Do you have to constantly clean up nut shells and bird poop? Do you compost the shells? What can you use them for? Who supplies the Pistachios? Do the birds chew the wood in your house or what techniques do you use to keep natural bird behavior under control? Ya’ll are esoteric housemates! You’ve piqued my curiosity. Cannot fathom why Appolo’s trainer does not have a modeling contract!
Amazing footage. ❤️. Apollo likes his pistachios. I am now convinced this bird is smarter than 90% of the people I work with. Lol
Love u giving him so much attention
The dash for the treat while still praising when they do something well unexpectedly 😂 literally me with my birb.
I love how you have conversations with him and explain things, he understands sooooooo much
I love watching him process things and observe. He’s so intelligent! You can see him really thinking about the sounds he hears and what patterns he can put together and recognize!
Apollo is LISTENING to the sounds of things
He would probably ENJOY learning musical notes on water filled glasses or a xylophone
when you corrected him he turned his head like stewie while looking at you 😂😂 3:37 the nerve give me my pistach 🤣🤣
I love this SOO much!! It reminds me of when I owned a parrot, whom I LOVED. But we had to give him away before our move from NJ to FL. 😭❤️🔥
A couple times it looked like he wanted to figure out what that finger was made of!😆💪🏻🤘🏻
I just read that African greys have the cognitive abilities of a 3-4 year old. It’s so fascinating!! ❤❤
I love how when he's quiet you can see he’s trying to understand the words and what they apply to.
My toddler loves Apollo, we'll watch this cool smart bird after practicing words letters and numbers.
He was having trouble saying rock but after hearing Apollo say rock it helped click, now my toddler says rrrrrock. Thanks Apollo. 😂🥰
I was so hoping at 2:50 that Apollo would just yell "GLOCK" in response
He’s so smart and beautiful… I’ve always wanted a parrot but don’t have the time to spend with them that they need!
Wow. I have zero experience with birds and I am astonished at how you can chat to Apollo. He is exactly like a toddler, asking a ton of questions all the time.
Amazing 😮
It's interesting to see so many parrots liking Pistachio although it is not even a native plant in their original habitat.
Apollo out smarting you 😅🤘🏼 Glass! I Love your African grey So Cute 🥰 they always scared me with the clicking and their eyes are intense! Your a Amazing Dad for Apollo Great Job 👏🏼
Parrots are my favourite
They literaly just 👁️♦️👁️ "paper ... Touch ... Shrock ... Glask"
I think calling the wall "glass" confused him - and he started co-relating rock with glass.
I suspect he relates walls in general with glass.
Also, with the water flowing, his attention was on the water not the material of the tap, so when the glass of water came up, he associated metal with the container.
Hysterical, adorable, entertaining, a pure joy to watch!!❤❤
I love it. You can see the wheels turning in his head. What a smart bird.
His eyes lit up like his brain was overloading that somethings can be made of 2 things at the same time when homie was trying to explain what the wall was made of, i love that gray birdo chicken.
I may be watching too many Apollo videos. I had a dream last night that you all were my neighbors, and I got to meet Apollo irl. I was very excited. 🤣
My neighbor had a turkey named Tina and one day she came in my house. My cockatoo, seeing her for the first time says What's That!
I love your relationship with you both
pure love and apollo is so clever ❤❤❤❤
I love hope excited his handler was when he got it right! Excellent work 🎉❤🦜
Apollo's dad if u're reading this .. I suggest you not to keep keychain near your bird because the break or tongue can get trapped in the groove.
It has happened to a parrot before. So it's adviced to emove all metal snaps, keychains and give them loose keys to play.
I love this brilliant tiny dinosaur and the way you can -see- him thinking about if the wall is glass or not
I think at 0:32, you said "can you say it better" and apollo mistook "better" for "paper" and got confused.
Apollo is friggin AMAZING !!...he's so smart and eager to learn..Kudos to you for your patience and all the time you take to teach him!!.it really is like teaching a child So great to see!!!!
The first time Apollo says metal in this video: mental
I'm enjoying every minute with you three!🤍🖤❤
I love this beautiful intelligent bird. Love his voice also!
Good that he's there to teach you about ceramics.:^)
Every single time I say no chewing to my bun or cats, I hear it in Dalton and Apollo's voices in my head. I don't know how many times I've watched that part in videos and have to re-watch a few more times. Every time. 🤣😂♥️
His tiny tongue kills me. 😂 he’s adorable! ❤
Just his face when he's processing info 😂😂😂😂😂
I love this bird
I've always loved birds. I'm Cali. I had a friend that had a Crow, he nursed to health. This Bird would leave and come back, sometimes two days later. ❤
We love watching Apollo learn, plus he's gorgeous. Thanks for sharing him with the world. 💛
You should have told Apollo the keys were made of brass so you can hear Apollo say "BRASS"
Glassk
Apollo is so inquisitive like a toddler trying to figure out their environment.
It's FASCINATING watching him take information in, thinking about it. Commenting. Wonderful intelligent bird, awesome owner working with him ^^
You can really see him learning in these longer segments
I like how he's so dim but so bright at the same time. Truly a paradox of a parrot
4:17 And there's the origin of Apollo's "oo" sound! Turns out Dalton has an excited noise. So sweet!
"Pour water" is genuinely such a cool thing for him to get, that water comes out of that so it's being poured.
I love that.