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ohhoneyno_ t1_iqycluq wrote

He could be able to see death but he also might just be an asshole. My rescue's resident cockatoo is 68 years old (they live into their 80s while parrots can live to be over 100 years old) and he is just an asshole. We have to put a gate around his perch at events because he has no problem with biting people for no reason or simply because he wants to. I've known the fucker for over a year and I still don't go within biting distance. They also run really fucking fast. Like toddler fast. Sammy bit his handler yesterday for seeing if he wanted to go for a walk, jumped off his arm (bc he can't fly) and then he started running. I swear to God that fucker was like a fart on the wind.

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BrassUnicorn87 t1_iqz7hcv wrote

He’s both. Little bastard was given the gift of prophecy and just trolls with it.

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ohhoneyno_ t1_ir0cfrb wrote

I have never in my life heard anything quite as loud and obnoxious than hearing Sammy scream. Even with noise canceling headphones and ear plugs, I could still hear him. It was so loud, I felt it in my chest.

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ohhoneyno_ t1_ir0dyn4 wrote

I don't know if this is normal but I found out that Sammy side stepping down his perch towards me and hissing at me like a freaking snake are his ways of begging for pets and love. All I know is that when he did either of those to me, my first instinct was to get away as soon as possible and as far away as possible. I've been a dog trainer and handler for over a decade and I can read dogs like a book. I couldn't read Sammy at all. Those fuckin beady little eyes and gorgeous plumage were just distractions from the fact that he was the devil.

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666Skittles t1_ir0w6xx wrote

Come to australia! We have flocks of thousands of them that just hang out in the trees in a suburban park screeching that loudly every evening for a few hours. I swear half our birds make the most horrendous noises. I forget that some birds “sing”.

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ohhoneyno_ t1_ir0xged wrote

I would but.. I live in the US and I HATE traveling. I hate planes and if you asked me what my idea of hell looked like, it would be being forced to be on a plane for 18 hours like my family made me do to go to the Philippines.

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666Skittles t1_ir0zb84 wrote

Ahhh! 18 hours isn’t too bad 🤣. My city is at least 6 hours on a plane away from … anything. So I am used to planes because I don’t have many other options. I suppose I could drive for 3 days if I want to go to the next state. Travel is fun but I haven’t done much in a few years.

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iambecsothere t1_ireet6c wrote

A couple of years ago I was sitting in the car waiting for an open house and watched one of the little bastards having a ball, just tearing out someone's freshly planted garden bed for funsies. It was ripping out all the flowers and tossing them all over the yard, dancing around in the chaos it was creating.

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Lacygreen t1_iqz4a99 wrote

Because he prob wants to be free and to fly.

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ohhoneyno_ t1_ir0c99u wrote

He doesn't have the ability to fly because of his prior abuse before they surrendered him. That's why we take him on walks.

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