I heard a great quote yesterday, I thought I would share.
“The great feet of speech, puts the parrots behind bars, whilst the other birds fly free”
So the parrot’s feet fly away while the rest of it stay behind bars?
I know, I know, you meant feat 
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Actually, I interpreted it to mean that those who take the liberty of speech but simply parrot what others say are putting themselves in a prison of sorts because they never really free their mind. They are too busy repeating what other people have said to them to stop and take time to think for themselves.
And I can be an idiot all I want 
Hey, where did Drunken Monkey’s post go???
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birds r cool
~K~
“maybe not in combat… but think of the chicks man, the chicks!”
Parrots do not have the gift of speech. The have the ability to mimic vocalizations.
Actually, I read in a magazine years ago that some scientists had found that at least one parrot could actually talk. The bird had learned the names of different colors and materials, distinguish them from each other, and even put them into new combinations! For example, it asked for “red skin” when it had only seen other colors of leather toys before. This bird knew a noun from an adjective! Not bad, right? I know a few college freshmen who can’t do that.
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Many African Grey Parrots have been taught to do things like that. They are amazing birds. They can even do simple arithmetic.
JWT
If you pr!ck us, do we not bleed? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that the villany you teach me, I will execute, and it shall go hard but I will better the instruction. MOV
JWT
“they can even do simple arithmetic”
lol, you got to be kidding me, i cant believe you actually believe that. :rolleyes:
For years, religion did nothing but divide. (killa priest)
Religion is like a prison for the seekers of wisdom. (killa priest)
JWT -
I know some college freshmen who can’t do simple arithmetic either! Do you think one of these parrots could fill out a student loan application?
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Well, then. Maybe some birds do talk.
Fascinating.
A parrot doing math?
maybe it was an X parrot…
de ja fu - The feeling that somewhere, somehow you’ve been kicked in the head like this before.
I think we humans suffer from short sightedness in our understanding of what the other creatures of this planet can and cannot do.
Without a doubt in my mind, I find humans to be one of the more ignorant inhabitants of the planet. This is plain to see when considring how well we “fit in” with the environments we live in.
precious few of us still harmonize with the world on a societal level.
How many of us can learn to communicate with parrots?
peace
Kung Lek
kung lek
parrots cant do arithmetic man.
they mimick sounds of their environment, they cannot logically put together sentences and the like. If a parrot does seem to have these qualities, it is probably some sort of trick the trainer has accomplished.
For years, religion did nothing but divide. (killa priest)
Religion is like a prison for the seekers of wisdom. (killa priest)
DW, maybe, but it has been a special on cognative development on PBS numerous times.
It shows an African Grey, with numerous blocks of different colors on two trays.
The owners, (a zoo) put a couple of red blocks on one tray, and a couple of green blocks on another tray.
They hold up one tray of reb blocks and ask, “how many red blocks?” The parrot gives the correct answer. Then they put that tray away. Then, when the other tray is not in view of the parrot, they hold up another tray of green blocks and ask, “how many green blocks?” Again, correct answer. Then they ask, “how many red and green blocks”, the parrots gives the sum of both trays, even though he can only see the green. They did this with numerous variations, and as long as the sum wasn’t over 6 or 7, the parrot was always right.
JWT
If you pr!ck us, do we not bleed? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that the villany you teach me, I will execute, and it shall go hard but I will better the instruction. MOV
dragon warrior, I have nothing to say about a parrots math abilties.
But can you fly and subsist on strictly what is provided by the world?
Neither can I
peace
Kung Lek
DW - Why don’t you check for yourself? Go to your local university library, find a computer terminal, and do a periodical search.
I’m not sure why you’re so convinced they CAN’T do this task, it is a ridiculously primitive task, and parrot’s brains are, relatively speaking, extremely evolved; in some ways superior to ours.
Dragon Warrior is just in a sh!t stirring mood today. He has apparently decided that if he hasn’t already seen it for himself, it can’t possibly be real. See the aikido thread for further examples, and the way he and Ralek are getting in a circle-jerk over UFC tapes.
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Braden
“I’m not sure why you’re so convinced they CAN’T do this task, it is a ridiculously primitive task, and parrot’s brains are, relatively speaking, extremely evolved; in some ways superior to ours.”
hahhahahahahaahhahahha, are you serious, do i even have to argue about this. parrot’s brains are not superior to ours. Parrots are “smart” in the sense that they can mimick sounds.
They had this same type of argument about a horse that used to add. The scientist eventually figured out that the horse couldnt add, it was a trick that the trainer of the horse used to make it seem like the horse could add.
For years, religion did nothing but divide. (killa priest)
Religion is like a prison for the seekers of wisdom. (killa priest)
chang style
i see that you are very experienced in martial arts, and have probably sparred a lot of aikido practioners, that is why you know they are such good fighters.
Do you have conversations with parrots also, that must be why you know their brains are in some ways superior to ours.
For years, religion did nothing but divide. (killa priest)
Religion is like a prison for the seekers of wisdom. (killa priest)
None is so blind as he who will not see.
I am not greatly experienced in either martial arts or ornithological linguistics. However, I keep an open mind and try to learn things for myself rather than dismiss them out of hand with no experience or evidence.
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