My grand parents had an african grey and it gould do the perfect noise of the door bell and the phone to annoy their dogs. i was just wondering how can they make such varied noises?
2006-11-26 06:22:46 · 13 answers · asked by Aled H 3 in Pets ➔ Birds
it's a tool nature has given them to protect themselves in the wild. in the rainforests of africa, a grey can perfectly mimmick a cheeta, snake or other preditor to scare would be intruders away. their red tail feathers serve the same purpose. in the wild, many preditors will think twice before attacking an animal with a red tail(shrimp for example) for fear that they are poison.
2006-11-26 07:25:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They are the "cadillac" of bird talkers. They are the best mimicking bird around. I had one for a year, then traded him in for an Amazon. The Panama Amazon was a good talker too, but didn't do the mimicking of the noises like the African Grey. My Amazon is now 32 yrs old.
2006-11-26 15:27:27 · answer #2 · answered by M C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My dad has an african grey and he makes noises of a smoke alarm, so sometimes we get carried away to think why is the smoke alarm going off when there is no smoke???! he makes alot off telephone ringing noise ...and alot more...
Parrots can make alot off noise....take a look at the link below.
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/26051/talking_parrot/
2006-11-30 10:18:41 · answer #3 · answered by Paki~Princess 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when parrots hear things they don't hear them like we do the sound waves travel to a special part in their ear making vibrate making it sound as if it was doing it again and again throughout the minute and if they hear it enough they start getting it in their heads like when we listen to a song such as it's a small world after all we know the song so well it makes us start singing it over and over in our minds and sometimes out loud so when a parrots hears things that are familiar to it it will start to make that noise.
2006-11-26 17:35:16 · answer #4 · answered by Ashleigh h 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I found that they don't have vocal chords like I assumed. They are able to change the shape of their tracheas (wind pipe) to mimic sounds. If you associate words with meaning, the bird will eventually make the connection. This is better than mindless chatter. Have a great day.
2006-11-26 18:40:51 · answer #5 · answered by firestarter 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They just imitate everything they hear. Ours barks, meows, rings like the phone, and does the doorbell. When you walk by he says "hiya, cutie" and about 50 other things. They are easily trainable and can do lots of tricks as well.
2006-11-26 15:59:38 · answer #6 · answered by Bestie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Parrots are very intelligent birds but I just answered one question on same thing. Male parrots dont talk a lot but fems do. ( like the human species ) It is something they do in their throats that does it. Did you know also that a crow, magpie and raven can do the same thing but far better than a parrot.
2006-11-27 20:05:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Mine is an Amazona Ochorocephala, green with yellow crown and red wings. He doesnt like to imitate, does not matter how long you spend on teaching him sounds and movements. However, he speaks clearly. They also like human company, very social animals. Why do they speak...dont know!
2006-11-27 13:07:35 · answer #8 · answered by Italianissssima 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not sure how or why.. but it cool.
My parrot can mimic the washing machine,the ansa-fone, the hoover, sneezing, couching, gulping, laughing etc! He is hilarious
2006-11-29 03:19:15 · answer #9 · answered by madgreenbird 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They also have an IQ of a five year old child, and you know how they like to mimmick people.
2006-11-29 21:10:49 · answer #10 · answered by archatham 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋