Getting Creative with the Questions 🧐
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ส.ค. 2022
- Got some new props for Apollo. We're running out of ways to ask questions and combinations so it ends up leading to some strange ideas. Someone needs to link us to a paper Wario or something.
Apollo is our 2 1/2 year-old African Grey parrot we've had since December 2020.
Founder of Shrock and renowned GLASS connoisseur.
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Aww he was scared of the water pouring at first. Brave and clever boy.
It won't last Forever. Some day you will find out, that life sucks
@@aleksihanninen5929 what? What does that have to do with anything?
It's not this person's fault that your life is miserable and you can't take pleasure in the small things like a bird video on the internet
@@osamabinballin3847 i think the person who commented that was a bot looking for a reaction or something
@@Krysztal_ I am not a bot
He was giving a bathing response by fluffing up, wasn't scared probably just didn't want to get wet and stepped away
"Dude...l did 4 tricks, i'mma need 3 more pistachios..."
😆
これ好き😂
he he he
Yeah, he should get a little bowl of them
you really shouldn’t give your pet snacks to satisfy their hunger that’s what their meals are for snacks are just a treat too many will spoil them
"What am I doing?"
"I DON'T KNOW, MAN. WHY WOULD YOU PUT WATER IN A BELL-"
Lol
😂😂😂
They actually DO have a sense of humor like that!! Once,when Alex had been answering questions for an interviewer for a very long time,the guy took his keys out,held up 3 keys&asked,"How many keys?" Alex stared the guy down&refused to answer,though the guy repeatedly repeated the question. He had become tired of not just answering questions,but answering such SIMPLE questions. At this point,he could count&add&subtract numbers&even TAUGHT language to younger greys! His owner(the professor who did the revolutionary,ground-breaking work with Alex,whose name stood for "Avian Language Experiment",said she got up&left the room for a minute. ) When she walked out,Alex gave the guy what he described as a "withering look"& said,"THREE! THREE KEYS,OK??" The book she wrote about her years of training Alex was incredible&,no matter how many times I've read it,I ALWAYS cry when he dies. Alex's story has inspired all these people to work with Grey's of their ownbut,so far,I haven't seen one that reached the level of learning Alex did! (Of course,he DID have a Ph.D&her students to work with him&every aspect of the way he would be handled&inter-acted with had been thoughtfully designed by her.) These birds are so highly intelligent(they can reach the intellectual level of a 7 year old human,but stay 2 years old emotionally their entire lives& stress takes a very big toll on their lives&,in order to be able to present her findings as FACTS,Alex had to be asked&correctly answer the same questions over 100 times&,in several pictures of him,you can see where he has plucked a lot of his feathers out. (When I got my grey,1/2 of her had all her feathers&the other side looked like a plucked chicken you would see at the grocery store. They would grow back&she kept re-plucking them.. The vet said she would probably do this the restof her life,as it was a habit now. These birds normally live to be 75 in captivity,but due to the stress he was under for years despite all the attention he got daily from all the students&the professor& all the special things they did like playing his favorite music daily(his favorite song was "California Dreamin' " by The Mamas&The Papas&he would close his eyes&sway to the music&it really calmed him&he got special treats&new challenging toys all the time,it was just too much. She left the lab one night&Alex said his usual goodbye,"Good night! I love you! You be good!"& she repeated it back to him. She says she got up the next morning,turned on her computer&saw a message from her asst.,who opened the lab each day. It read,"Sadly,we lost one of our Grey's last night." She said she was physically frozen for a moment but in her head she was screaming,"PLEASE DON'T LET IT BE ALEX!" over&over. She called&asked which bird it was. The girl was new&didn't know the birds by name yet,so she screamed,"Is it the cage in the back,on the left?" When the girl answered that,yes,it was the bird in that cage,she said she became totally limp&just slid from her chair onto the floor&lay there curled in the fetal position crying until she completely lost the ability to make a sound. Alex was on the cover of Time magazine that month&,at the end of the year,Newsweek put him on their annual list of the"100 Most Influential People Who Died That Year". Like so many great trailblazers,Alex wasn't widely known&appreciated until after his death. The thing is though,Alex wasn't special. When choosing a bird,she had her husband pick him out of a group of 20 one-year old Grey's who were all perched on a long perch at the pet store. She wanted him to be randomly chosen by someone else so it could never be said that she saw something different about him. Every one of these birds has the ability to do everything Alex did&they will pick up on things like colors&the names of things just by observing &paying attention to their surroundings. Their natural ability to mimic sounds,which they use in the wild to mimic the sound of the predator of THEIR predator to scare them away is so much fun to listen to when you have one of these awesome birds as a pet!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤
@micheleengel3428 I was taken aback by the length of your comment, but it was surprisingly easy to read. To be honest, it kinda feels like that "Hearing someone talk about something they're passionate about" thing haha
Editing this now that I wrote my whole response, holy crap, I got a little carried away lmao
I've never heard of that story, actually! Didn't even know there was a famous gray named Alex, so I thought you were talking about the guy in the video for a few seconds LMAO (I think his name is Alex but I might be mixing something up). I just checked, the guy's name is Dalton lmao.
These parrots are CRAZY smart, I see videos of them all the time, and I'm always delighted/shocked, although I would never trust myself with that big of a responsibility. I feel like caring for a bird is a huge task, and I wouldn't want them to have anything but the best. Plus, wouldn't want to put that responsibility on anyone else (talking about their long lifespans), as my father did. I actually have two parrots (the regular green ones, two different species, though) and I really wanted to pass them to a ""sanctuary"" of sorts, but my mother was afraid of them dying. They never come out of their cages and, sadly, never had names until the pandemic, when I decided to name them... so yeah, caring for birds is not for everyone...
Back to grays, though... Apollo here is very interesting too... like, at first sight, it might seem like he just answers those "basic" questions, but not really. In other videos, he:
1: Showed curiosity: When he sees an object that he doesn't know the material of, he will ask Dalton the same way he asks Apollo ("What's it made of?")
2: Disagreed with Dalton: I have two main examples of this one:
2.1: The wall incident: Apollo "beaked" the wall (kitchen tiles) a couple of times, then asked Dalton what they were made of. Dalton said it was rock, and Apollo repeated it. A few seconds later, he beaked the wall again and said "It's glass". Dalton considered that he taught mugs were made of glass. In the end, Apollo won the discussion.
2.2: The bug incident: Dalton saw a snake outside and grabbed it to show Apollo (that's just funny tbh). Apollo first asks to touch, then understands as Dalton says he can't. Then, Dalton and Tori argues about whether it classifies as worm-bug (more based on appearance, and it has no legs) lizard (Tori says it's all scaly and usually bugs are edible for Apollo). Meanwhile, Apollo keeps repeating "It's a bug.". Apollo joined the discussion haha
3: Showed a comedic sense: Multiple examples also. My favorites are:
3.1: When learning "Shrek", he started to mix it up with "Rock". Then you can see him actually making a pun by saying (not training with Dalton btw) "Shrek. Rock. Shrock!". Yes, he said it with an excited voice. He later said "What's this? Shrock! Good bird!", which to me is a joke, since Dalton always tries to correct him/asks him to say it better.
3.2: On multiple occasions, he seemed to have some understanding of physical comedic delivery. Believe me here, but he has, multiple times, deliberately leaned into the camera to deliver a phrase. I swear to you, Apollo is breaking the 4th wall lmao. One good example is him doing the Mario death scream, walking over to the camera, looking at the lens, leaning in and saying "That's the wow!"
3.3: Dalton asked what a glass bottle was made of. As he always does, he beat his beak against it, then seemed uncertain. He said "Pour water", as the bottle had water inside. Sometimes, when he "forgets" the word, he says something related to show he knows what it is. Dalton said "No, what's it made of?". He turned towards the camera, said "Shrek" and shook his head up and down. I swear I think he realized he didn't know the answer, so instead he just tried to be funny.
3.4: In a similar situation, Dalton asked him what something was made of. His response was lightly taping it, leaning to the other side and saying "Shrock!", then boping his head again. Dalton seems to think the same thing that I do, because he then said "Now you're just being silly."
4: Corrected himself and trained on his own: Couldn't find the video I was looking for, but I remember he said "This is a black", then went "This is color. BL OH KH. OHCK. Block."
5: Showed pretty good communication skills. Yes, that's kind of the most straightforward one, but yeah.
5.1: Standing next to the window looking outside, where Dalton is, he says: "Dalton's outside! Tori!"
5.2: Staring straight into the camera and going "What?!"
5.3: Talking to himself: "Here, let me see your foot." "It's here." Puts claw up "Look" Tilts head towards his own foot.
5.4: When Dalton walked away from the window outside, Apollo put his foot up and stared at him, who waved, and Apollo said "Bye!"
@@dionemartins0212 apollo really waves to people outside, and ? wow!
Apollo is so smart, and I'm sure he loves you very much.
Glassk
I believe that he is intelligent; smart is a lesser adjective. ❤😊
every time he says “it’s a bell” a year is added to my life
And an angel gets its wings.
If there would be a compilation we would be IMMORTAL!
@@woutervanduin7415we could be immortals, immortals just not for long for lon- Ops wrong comment section...
😅😂😮
👍😂
"what am I doing? what am I doing?"
"being annoying, dave... I dont even like pistachios"
Bruh if apollo ever said that he didn't like pistachios the world would end
Ah I see, so all this time he was saying "Pistash" in a desperate effort to tell his humans what he hates 😂
Dalton*
😂
@@joaovitor10yearsagoyup
His voice is getting so clear! I haven’t watched for awhile. So smart!
12 months later and he talks like us in 90 different languages
It’s so satisfying when when he says, “Glass.” lol
Fr 😂
gLLass
I can't hear it enough ♥️
I get it but it was made of shrek though
What's this about? Glass?
I think it is incredible that Apollo can say a bell or pouring water without lips. How he does that is impossible to imagine. His articulation is perfect. Wonderful bird.
Did you notice he First said "purple"?
@@TheNoiseySpectator Yes I did. It is after all quite close I thought. Purple is red mixed with blue. I have no idea what colour perceptions parrots have. It's also a "p" word.
I think parrots can modulate their voice by opening or closing the bath of their throat, instead of using their mouth
I never even thought of that 😲 makes it even better now
@@TheNoiseySpectator Youre telling me a creature with the mind of toddler can answer questions wrong!!! 😵He must not know anything after all!
He could get everything wrong but he woud still be the best boy.
Apollo is one smart birdy but I'm convinced he does so well due to his super enthusiastic and kind teachers ❤
Truth is, as a person who is now 64 and I have devoted my life to animals, they are 99.9 percent smarter than humans, who have the arrogance to think that only humans have intelligence. Biggest problem with that is, humans can't understand animals. The reverse is not true.
I feel like the way he said “a bell” rather than “it’s a bell” like normal shows he understands what it is genuinely
No, it just means that the owner said "a bell" instead of "its a bell" when making the bird mimic him, they don't have sentient thought, no animal can understand anything
@@arzfan29 you're such a fun person.
@@arzfan29 u know humans are animals, right?
@@arzfan29 that’s just untrue, there are animals that are even more advanced than humans in some ways , there are primates that have a memory that can beat the best of best of humans at puzzle solving , look up chimp puzzle solving. Also almost every animal understands that it is not permanent and will die if damaged enough, which is complex in itself. To say “no animal understands anything” is just wrong, cows actually feel remorse when they lose their young also, so they have grief periods where they miss their young after they are killed and/or taken away from them , animals can understand a lot they aren’t robots that don’t understand what they are doing
@@roksforbrains Animals are smarter then most people 😂 And parrots are amazing. Look up Pebbles the crazy Cockatoo. Pebbles is the most talkative animated bird ever. She puts her whole body into her conversations. She isn't repeating words, she knows what she is saying.
That's an awfully deep red. He deserved more than one pistachio for that innovation in cognition with the "pour water."
Glass is reflecting his purple t-shirt.
Considering some languages don't even distinguish between red and purple, I'd give it to him on principle.
I thought exactly the same thing.
Terrific birds
This isn’t nearly the first time apollo has said ‘pour water’, he can’t just make a sentence like that out of nowhere…
What a kind-hearted considerate bird, educating that curious young man like that. I bet he'll never forget the day he learnt what a bell is.
He's such a smart boi
“What’s this?”
*”Nuclear launch codes”*
“Very good!”
💀
I like it picasso
"what's it made out of"
"DEATH"
What am i doing?
@@danielwlodawer8469 “typing codes”
His voice is so clear! It sounds the same tone as his owner of course! Such a smart young feathered boy!!!
I think the trick here is it listens to what the owner says to the objects and when presented to the objects he says the same things as the owner
Right I’m still not convinced to be honest lol
@@natorithornton I agree I think he's miming it behind the objects against his face. Birds really aren't this intelligent 🤣
@@JoshNunnyt its not like it understands what it's saying, all its doing is mimicking the sounds the owner says, he probably says the name of an object over and over so the bird can repeat
@@JoshNunnyt this parrot is known to imitate the exact tone of one’s voice. He’s not hiding it. Probably just said the name of the object so many times so it remembers to associate the word to the object
That “bell” was clearer sounding than most children 🤩
I'm so proud of him.
Honestly I love this. It actually challenges the bird to think rather than just telling it a command and it giving a set response, that or mimicking.
This is the next level. It was not just a conversation but he knew things.
Damn he ripped that pistachio open with the most finesse I’ve ever seen in my life 😆😭
That bird is smarter than I am. The guy poured water out of the bell so when he asked what that is called I said a cup 😭
I love him Apollo the brilliant 🦜 parrot.
Very brilliant. He clearly understands
Very smart 🕊️
it's bittersweet to watch this
my pigeon passed away just yesterday and really liked watching TH-cam with me.
this is one of the many channels we watched together.
he enjoyed your content.
edit: thank you all for the kind comments. I truly appreciate it and am still processing everything with his death.
I'm so sorry for your loss. Your pigeon loved you very much.
Sorry for your loss. It's apparent that you loved your bird very much
I'm sorry you lost your freind. Pigeons make great companions!
@suetan
Oh, so sorry, my dear! I am sure your pigeon knew it was loved! You clearly cared deeply for birdy, even watching videos together, and birdy videos at that!
I hope you can find some peace by recalling the happy times you shared.
I'm sorry for your loss. I'm sure he had a happy life with you and enjoyed your time together ❤️
My favorite is when Apollo says, "This is a book." Well, whenever he says this is _______. But honestly my favorite thing about Apollo is Apollo. The videos of him alone are hilarious, especially the bang bang bang video or short.
I love how apallo looked at the camera and said “ pour water”❤
Such a healthy and smart bird. You clearly do a good job teaching him to identify colors, actions, objects, and pronunciation. Really pretty bird
Dalton sounds like Mr. Simmons from “Hey Arnold!”
My favorite parrot in the world. I crack up everytime he says „metal“.
I like when he says "glass"
G l a s s 🗿🗿
I like “glass” and “hug”..! ✌️
“Rrrock”
Such an intelligent bird !❤
He wanted to say that's water splashing in his face. But he didn't. He's a sweetheart. 🥰🥰🥰😍🥰🥰🥰
The red glass in front of your blue sweatshirt was purple.
This is stunning! And ....his pronunciation is PERFECT!🤗👍🎶🥰💕
Don’t yell at me!🤣😂✌️
Oh my gosh he's better than a human child!!
At 1.5 years old? Sure
Thats really cool that the bird speaks very clearly
Remember that parrots (and most birds) have a different color-sensing system than we do -- they see colors as a combination of four distinct color channels, we see it as a combination of only three. It's quite possible that to Apollo, that red glass looks closer to purple than it does to us, especially since birds can see into the ultraviolet range.
You might want to start scoring "purple" as a correct enough answer for objects that we consider red, so as not to confuse or frustrate him regarding what may be a perfectly correct answer as he sees it (literally).
This is very useful information. That was a particularly deep red with a lot of blue in it-- more maroon than red... so it didnt surprise me that he said purple. Your information gives more concrete evidence to what I was thinking.
Thanks for this info I hope his owner/trainer reads doesn't take your advice it's very interesting about the color spectrums
Wow! Interesting. Thanks for this information.
That's super interesting! To your last point, about scoring purple as a correct answer due to how he sees it.. since he has always seen red as purple, he just knows that color he sees as red and would never refer to it as purple unless his trainer called it purple. Think of it as if you were learning a different language. You still see the same color as before just use a different word to describe it.
Let's use French as an example. In French, red is rouge. Now, let's assume you don't know that, and the person teaching you decides to pull a prank and teach you that red in French is actually verde. Verde is green in actuality, but not knowing this and trusting the person teaching you, you go on believing that red is verde in French. You still see red,you know it's red, but call it green in French.
So basically, the bird knows that the color he sees is what his trainer calls red regardless of how the bird perceives that specific color. If his trainer ever taught the bird what purple looks like, that will look different to the bird than red does and he will call that color purple.
I love how their accents match perfectly! Speaks how he has taught all of this to Apollo!
Yes❤
I was just wondering this myself. I swore each bird I've watched sounds just like their human. Its pretty neat 😃
@@leeanncornett5246 yes its quite mesmerizing
Thats what parrots do.
Parrots dont really use words as much as echo words. He's UNDERSTANDS the word but he isn't "speaking" he's echoing there for speech patterns and accents and such. if the same bird was raised by another person the SAME way speech would be different because humans sound different.
Such a clever❤❤❤❤
With all the crazy things on the Internet. You forget how amazingly impressive this is. This stuff you teach a 3 yo and this bird is capable of doing it consistently. Just set and think about it. This is Amazing
Yes, it actually proves that certain species have awareness, intelligence, reasoning, planning and capacity for logical conclusions that many people attributed only to humans.
For example the way ravens can manufacture tools and use them intelligently to open an apparatus to get the food locked inside....
Birds are smarter than 3 year olds, lol. Can't believe these things are the last dinosaurs alive
@@martinwagner7361 people really underestimate the intelligence of other species, interested in looking for intelligent life far beyond our planet, completely blinded to the intelligent life that surrounds them each day.
@@firstnamelastname7448 that has been true for a long time. However that has already deeply changed and will continue to change.
No Scientist if rank is really upholding the old school idea of animals as the biological instinctual Automatons that the then prevailing materialistic reductionism tried to convey.
We know by now that many species have an amazing bandwidth of intelligent and emotional responses and can even display altruistic behavior that contradicts the survival of the fittest ideology....
Not that there wasn't any truth in that but it's just not the ONLY criteria/explanation.
You know he's not actually answering questions, right?
He is so smart! Your such a great teacher!
*you're xD
@@a_diamond 🤓
@@a_diamond shut up
@@Algayersz 🤡
Why so mad 💀💀
You better appreciate Apollo! He is very special!
He's amazing and so are you for teaching him!
African grays are so smart
You should have given him an extra snack since you snuck in a extra question lol 😂 I love Apollo. He’s so smart
Idk why, i just find it unnerving yet so interesting the fact that some birds can perfectly replicate and imitate human language to the point in which we can clearly understand them and have conversations even though they are a totaly different species.
they can also add and subtract.
"I'm altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further."
Apollo: (fair enough) "It'sa bell"
What a smart bird. It's clearly not just mimicry either. Crazy that they are so intelligent.
If I was the bird
🐦"All of this for one damn pistachio?" 🤣😭😭
He guessed 4 things.
That's how villain arcs start.
To be fair, the glass is purple when your blue hoodie is behind it 😂
He’s so smart!
You know he's not actually answering questions, right?
@@jackduane5555 he clearly is answering questions.
@@firstnamelastname7448 and the heavenly bodies are "clearly" all orbiting Earth.
I don't care what ignorant people think is "clear"
@@jackduane5555 I may not know everything about animals, but I know evolution changed us, so it can change them too.
@@jackduane5555 you told someone they didn't understand what they watched, but you seem to be the one who didn't quite understand.
Apollo has trained his owner very well.
He's such a good boy I can't take it!
Please give Apollo my love… He’s just the best bird ever! Y’all are awesome for working with him the way you do 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Apollo is a real g
“Wanna earn a snack?”
*ruffles neck feathers with joy*
Lol he answers like a sarcastic teen like groot
Love it smart bird
I've never liked this guy's energy, but the bird ir gorgeous.
I'm with you on the guy. Bird is lovely.
@@Trinity25Apr glad someone else sees it!
It blows my mind how smart he is and he talks so clearly! Love your videos! Thnx for sharing!
You know he's not actually answering questions, right?
@@jackduane5555 Lol why are you so obsessed?
@@fibbintiggins2858 lol why are you so dumb?
Gray parrot is the only species of parrot that can do this. It was proved in 2008.
@@jackduane5555 did you really go into every comment complimenting the bird to copy and paste this message because if so I'm really sorry
That's one smart borb.
''Wanna earn a snack?''
A bell! His little voice. Birds are absolutely amazing
He actually mimics your voice almost perfectly.
African grey parrots are so intelligent
@@lisamcdonald1014I’m absolutely mind blown. It’s truly incredible 🥰
Am in love with Apollo ❤️❤️
He didn't like the water being poured but he's very smart
He's got such a clear voice :)
“What am I doing?”
Apollo scoots & looks at camera like I got this broseph-“pouring water”
I'm never disappointed, lol 💗💗💗🐣
Beautiful creature!
Apollo says "glass" and my day is so much brighter. What a precious cutey.
He speaks so clearly ! Love him.
I can't get over this. You got an amazing thing going here
"You gotta do 3 things..." *asks for 4*
African greys have one of the highest vocabulary in the parrot family
The way he just sounds like a gentleman. Gets me everytime.
*Backing away slowly from someone pouring water in a bell is the proper response.*
Teach him to say
Im finaly getting used to this body
I love how everytime he says "I Love You" his voice changes to this higher pitched, sweet little innocent voice! He's so precious
“Issa Bell” 🔔
This bird is smarter than most of my employees tbh!
MASHAALLAH so smart baby😘💖💖 MASHAALLAH ALLHAMDULILLAH..🖤
Love you Apollo!🤗🥰
He's such a smart bird!
Human: [points at the planet Reach] What’s this made of?
Apollo: G L A S S
That's awful lol
"Apollo, what are the Covenant doing?"
"Glass."
Smart bird!
Brilliant bird so talented ❤️
Did you see after he said "You made up for your little oof in the beginning." Apollo gave him the middle toe!!! 🤪
apollo is a perfect man the best boy
Well, the baby is so sweet and smart that can answer series of the owner’s questions❤️👼
That's the first time I've seen water poured into something and not straight onto the floor lolol
Apollo is such a smart cutie pie, such a distinctive voice 😍
Man he blows me away. It must be amazing to have such a close bond with an animal that TALKS TO YOU❤️
Eh, it's kinda like a 4 year old talking to you lol . Gotta ask the right questions
"you made up for your little oof at the beginning"
WHAT OOF???
As someone upthread pointed out, it may have looked purple to him!
What's my purpose?
-You pass butter
One of my favourite scenes in R&M lmao
Oh. Oh my god.
"Oh god"
"what is my purpose?"
"Push this button"
"You've got to be f***ing kidding me."
Amazing bird!! He pronounced everything better than a human, so clearly. Gorgeous bird!!
Brilliant bird with best trainer.
- what is this?
- a fusion reactor!
- good job apollo.
New book :
" What the parrot told the FBI "