2007-06-27 15:20:45 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Birds
Birds are a group of animals like mammals and reptiles are groups of animals. So saying that he's a cannibal would be like saying we eat cows (who are mammals like us) and therefore we are cannibals.
However, if he was eating African Grey eggs, then yes he is a cannibal. But then again maybe he is only a cannibal if the egg is actually fertilised and could be a life (if a human ate an unfertilised human egg, does that make them a cannibal?).
And anyway good because eggs are good for him. :)
2007-06-27 19:08:09 · answer #1 · answered by chocoboryo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Okay. There are a couple of misconceptions at work here (pun intended). The eggs that you and I eat are typically non-fertilized, thus there are no birds in them. They're what's known as wind-eggs - produced spontaneously by hens in a manner similar to human women having periods. Second, birds typically eat a fair amount of eggs.
Your bird isn't a cannibal unless you're feeding him african gray parrot hard-boiled eggs that have been fertilized. And that would be terribly icky, so I'll bet you're not. :)
2007-06-27 15:30:21 · answer #2 · answered by chick2lit 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope. because chickens are on the whole other end from parrots or exotic birds. yet still in the bird species. it would make him a cannibal if he ate african grey parrot eggs hard boiled.
2007-06-27 15:24:52 · answer #3 · answered by Rachel_Crestaid_Sugarwonder_ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only if they're African Grey Parrot eggs.
2007-06-27 15:23:50 · answer #4 · answered by OP 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they're eggs that you buy in a store, then no. The eggs that come in a carton from the supermarket are not fertilized. That means that even if you incubated the egg, no chick would develop/hatch. So no, he's not a cannibal.
2007-06-27 15:28:51 · answer #5 · answered by meg11686 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only if he's eating african grey parrot eggs. If not then no. lol
2007-06-27 15:22:30 · answer #6 · answered by A 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't make him any more of a cannibal than humans in other cultures eating monkeys or orcas eating dolphins. In other words, no. Parrots and chickens are both birds, but they are not closely related.
2007-06-27 15:25:12 · answer #7 · answered by ainawgsd 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Everybody likes hard boiled eggs.
2007-06-27 15:24:55 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No because my cockatiel eats all kinds of cooked eggs plus my bird eats chicken and potato, popcorn, and other things like that
2007-06-27 19:36:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heck no! My greys love chicken bones. They break them open and eat the marrow out.
Too many eggs will make your grey fat.
2007-06-27 15:24:08 · answer #10 · answered by Owlwoman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋