All about a Parrot 'Facts, Joke and Video'

Mystic bird

This day has been all parroty parroty for me! I got a joke and a video on parrot and heared a spritual discourse on Taithreya Upanishad which talks about a Parrot and how the parrot advices on Vedanta i.e the ultimate knowledge according to Hindu religious text.

Here goes some fact on Parrots.

• Parrot is a very general terms for the group of birds that comprise of more than 350 species. They can further be classified into two big groups (termed Familes) as True Parrots and Cockatoos.
• Parrots range in size from the pygmy of the South Pacific which is only 3½ inches long to the hyacinth macaw which is about 10 inches long.
• Parrots have a wide range of articulations. Wild parrots do not imitate. Only pets will mimic people and noises they hear.
• The best mimics are the African gray parrots, Psittacus erithacus, and the Amazons, genus Amazona.
• The thick, fleshy tongue and special voice apparatus permit a wide range of articulations, and some species can be taught to imitate the human voice.
• Alex (Pet's name) is a Parrot that has been intensely studied and its vocabulary strength is about an 100 word and appears to understand what he says and not just mimic.
• They are arboreal, feeding on seeds and fruits—except the kea (Nestor notabilis) of New Zealand, which is a scavenger in winter.
• Smaller parrots live 10 to 15 years. Larger parrots such as the macaws and cockatoos live more than 75 years.
• Parrots are not the only animals that mimic, Many birds especially the myna and the animal harbor seal are known to mimic human voice. A great amount of research ie being done on Cognition and Language using them.

And here is a Joke

A woman went to a pet shop and immediately spotted a large beautiful parrot. There was a sign on the cage that said £50.00. "Why so little," she asked the pet store owner. The owner looked at her and said, "Look, I should tell you first that this bird used to live in a house of prostitution, and sometimes it says some pretty vulgar stuff." The woman thought about this, but decided she had to have the bird anyway. She took it home and hung the bird's cage up in her living room and waited for it to say something. The bird looked around the room, then at her, and said, "New house, new madam." The woman was a bit shocked at the implication, but then thought "that's not so bad." When her two teenage daughters returned from school the bird saw them and said, "New house, new madam, new girls." The girls and the woman were a bit offended but then began to laugh about the situation. Moments later, the woman's husband Alex, came home from work. The bird looked at him and said, "Hi Alex".

And a very funny and cool video

Watch this guy (an african grey parrot) talk cool!




And this is not all.

In South of India there is a type of astrology called 'KiliJosiyam' (Parrot astrology) where the astrologer asks a parrot to draw a card from a pack containing pictures of Hindu Dieties for your name. Based on the diety, your immediate future is predicted and advice is given. This is very much like the Tarot reading that is popular today. It is an ancient way of conducting conselling for betterment.
If you would like to do some Parrot astrology – Kili Josiyam.
try this link Kili Josiyam.

And here is one Origami site to make your own Parrot.
Making your Parrot in paper art.
I wish you go Parroty parroty like me some time, for sure this is a Mystic bird.