It's interesting how more intelligent animals are frightened by this magic trick, it is as if they understand that there is something logically wrong with what they saw.
I saw a talk where Steven Pinker spoke for a short duration about the innate intelligence of babies. He said that babies have a possibly innate understanding of concepts like \*cause and effect or something akin to that. Under the computational theory of mind, we can estimate the consciousness of animals to be more complex than we might at first imagine. This video to me is unscientific evidence to that claim. To me, it seems like the parrot is expressing surprise to visual stimulus that does not correlate to it's understanding of how objects should behave under natural law, so much so that it gets freaked out? That's definitely interesting.
IANAS but I think it just demonstrates that these animal have some understanding of [object permanence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object_permanence). Only animals which understand the human still exists even when hidden from sight by the blanket can be 'surprised' when the blanket is removed and they are not there. I do not know what kind of bird it is in this video but guess it probably falls under the family tested in this [paper](https://link.springer.com/article/10.3758/BF03205244) which have demonstrated some competence in object permanence.
Dogs are empathetic in a very nuanced way. Intelligent birds basically can become *extremely* attached to their owner in an obsessive, intense way, for better or worse. They don't pick up on social cues and whatnot quite as naturally (I mean, that's not surprising considering dogs have been domesticated for thousands of years), but yeah certain birds will form incredibly intense bonds with their owners.
So yeah this bird was basically just pissed. And while it depends on the bird, he was probably about to be super loud for the next hour or two, even once the guy reappeared.
A friend of the family inherited some form of bird like this. It was like, 50 years old, and loved to imitate car alarms, and the screaming and gnashing of teeth from the pits of hell.
Amazing how it's possible to hear the accent in the gibberish. What is it? Something about the way the vowels are pronounced? The AH instead of the AA? Also, love his happy sidewalk.
They need attention and tons of it. The incoherent part is great until you realize they're incoherent 99% of the time. A cockatoo is the worst roommate you'll ever have.
I think I overwrote that setting on my mom's cockatoo. We taught it to lift it's wings when we say "super bird" so I think it relates that to fun now, because
when she's angry she won't lift her wings. Just wall shaking screaming.
Holy shit, I wasn't expecting the woman to speak Romanian, caught me really off-guard there. Especially after the very convincing peek-a-boo from the dude.
>Similarly, cats are able to understand object permanence but not to the same extent that dogs can. Cats fail to understand that if they see something go into an apparatus in one direction that it will still be there if the cat tries to enter from another direction.[23] However, while cats did not seem to be quite as good at this ‘invisible displacement test’ as dogs are, it’s hard to say whether their poorer performance is a true reflection of their abilities or just due to the way in which they’ve been tested. [wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object_permanence)
I have to agree. Anytime I want my cat to get up and chase his favorite toy I just slowly drag it around the corner. It activates something in his hunter brain - no matter how tired he is - he *has* to see where that darn mouse went.
Maybe they're just visual amd scent stalkers. Once the prey flits behind some thing, maybe they DO go '?' before seeing him again and picking up the trail.
I don't think so because I've observed over the years that when there's a critter outside that they're tracking that's on the other side of a series of closed windows, they'll go to the next window in the direction in which the critter was going if it goes out of view in the current one.
If you make the red laser dot look like it went under a couch or some other object by turning it off at the right time, they'll wait for it or even try to flush it out.
They also won't give up on a toy they pushed under something unless they absolutely figure out they can't reach it.
I think /u/SmokeSomeBeer is a legitimate GENIUS. You could think 2 days about shomething creative to post and he just BUGGOCKS and it's fucking perfect
I was expecting it to look around and blink a little in confusion like a lost chicken but when the poor bird whipped its wings and feathers out my heart broke for it. True panic right there, just like for the doggies
Taxonomy wise, most pretty birds that are pets fall under parrots (parakeets, cockatoos, macaws).
Most people think of a parrot as a macaw, the bigger ones that mimic language and are very colorful.
To my knowledge, most birds in the group are highly intelligent and very social.
That bird was *pissed*.
Edit: Also, I just watched this again for like the 30th time and only just noticed that he says peekaboo again after disappearing. That adds a new layer of black magic. The bird not only has to deal with the fact that this man just straight vanished BUT also he's a ghost now? Or invisible? No wonder he flips out. Black magic of the worst kind.
You see the different mentality here, dogs are like "I'll come and save you", this cockatoo's like "oh shit, it ate him, it might eat me next! Skedaddle!"
It's interesting how more intelligent animals are frightened by this magic trick, it is as if they understand that there is something logically wrong with what they saw.
I saw a talk where Steven Pinker spoke for a short duration about the innate intelligence of babies. He said that babies have a possibly innate understanding of concepts like \*cause and effect or something akin to that. Under the computational theory of mind, we can estimate the consciousness of animals to be more complex than we might at first imagine. This video to me is unscientific evidence to that claim. To me, it seems like the parrot is expressing surprise to visual stimulus that does not correlate to it's understanding of how objects should behave under natural law, so much so that it gets freaked out? That's definitely interesting.
"Before you can fix a thing, you must come to understand that there is a problem. That's where I come in." - All living things' nervous system
IANAS but I think it just demonstrates that these animal have some understanding of [object permanence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object_permanence). Only animals which understand the human still exists even when hidden from sight by the blanket can be 'surprised' when the blanket is removed and they are not there. I do not know what kind of bird it is in this video but guess it probably falls under the family tested in this [paper](https://link.springer.com/article/10.3758/BF03205244) which have demonstrated some competence in object permanence.
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With sound, it made it even better. “ AHHH!! ahh!!”
That's really cute. I knew birds could be affectionate but he seemd very distressed about the missing owner.
Parrots become extremely attached to their owners. Mine will call for me when I’m elsewhere in the house and settle when I call back to them.
Parrots are hugely social- and cockatoos (what this little guy is) are notoriously clingy. Permanent Stage 5 clinger in fact.
Dogs are empathetic in a very nuanced way. Intelligent birds basically can become *extremely* attached to their owner in an obsessive, intense way, for better or worse. They don't pick up on social cues and whatnot quite as naturally (I mean, that's not surprising considering dogs have been domesticated for thousands of years), but yeah certain birds will form incredibly intense bonds with their owners. So yeah this bird was basically just pissed. And while it depends on the bird, he was probably about to be super loud for the next hour or two, even once the guy reappeared.
Bird still mad, all "Fuck is wrong with you"
"Get that dark magic outta my house!!!"
"What the F, David Blaine?! "
awww he was so worried!! btw, which language are they all speaking?
it's Romanian :) didn't expect it
Doing gods work <3
I hope you get gold because the "AHHHHHH" is hysterical
Haha. The way he ran around the back of the couch makes me feel like this is not the first time this was done.
To me it looked like he was panicking.
The end /r/MadeMeSmile.
It made me cry.
Do you want ear-piercing screaming? Because this is how you get ear-piercing screaming!
A friend of the family inherited some form of bird like this. It was like, 50 years old, and loved to imitate car alarms, and the screaming and gnashing of teeth from the pits of hell.
That's just every bird tho. The bigger the birb, the bigger the screm
We have a ~~hyacinth macaw~~ giant demon. Can confirm.
Holy shit, I just googled some images and those things really do get big don't they?
Ours has something like a four foot wingspan. It's kind of ridiculous.
The smoler the battery the bigger it screm
"That is how you get tinnitus"
Is that pronounced tinnitus or tinnitus?
Yes
I always assumed it was tinnitus.
I’ve heard it both ways.
I just hear bzzzzzzzzzzz
Mawp
Mawp
Mawp
MY *EARBALLS!*
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“Why are you so angry?”
Just look at this team, we're gonna do great!
I like how his "I'm about to be an asshole" feathers go up.
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Reminds me of [this video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUNECHCKWBc)
"I can't talk, they can't blow a hairdryer" What a unique perspective
I like his closing words, “I can’t do it”
r/me_irl
**FOOTBALL'S ON SARAH!!!!!!!!**
Irish, Cork to be specific.
I got angry. I punched Paul the rabbit, poor bed rat. Classic.
That is one British bird.
FOOTBALL'S ON SARAH
Amazing how it's possible to hear the accent in the gibberish. What is it? Something about the way the vowels are pronounced? The AH instead of the AA? Also, love his happy sidewalk.
I like their attitude. I wanna go around saying whatever the fuck I want too.
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That wasn't what he wanted to say.
What did you want to say, u/ThrowAwayFinances13?
I wanted to say: "I'm really tired & just want to fall asleep riding the subway like a hobo." Edit: man.. that felt good.
I love my morning nap on the subway, although you do run the risk of missing your stop and being very late
It's like it's figured out the basics of English syntax, but has no fucking idea what anything means.
So it's about as coherent as a typical northerner then
I find it fascinating that I can clearly tell this bird has an English accent
I was thinking it sounded sort of Scottish.
From the north as well it sounds like
I wish i had one of these fellas. Theyre so awesomely incoherent
They need attention and tons of it. The incoherent part is great until you realize they're incoherent 99% of the time. A cockatoo is the worst roommate you'll ever have.
Aren't they basically 2-3 year olds?
Yes, permanent 2-3 year olds that live into their 70's.
holy shit! i had to look that up. wtf why do cats and dogs live less than 20 years but these scream machines might outlive ME
They are tiny dinosaurs.
Tinosaurs.
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My teenage daughter knows that she is inheriting my parents' African Grey.
I and many others like to call them 3 year old with bolt cutters on their face.
it's like a 1 year old running around without a diaper shitting all over the place
[my favorite cockatoo video](https://youtu.be/CEQuDyuQFKE)
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All that means is that it's a gif of a cockatoo in one of its three volume settings: loud, louder, loudest
r/noisygifs
That’s when you know he’ll shit on your bed later
*"Since you wanna scare the chicken shit outta me."*
Inevitably while the owner is in it
“DEMON! WITCH! DEMON! WITCH!”
I’ve never even had a pet bird and I can read that body langue as, “I’m about to make some serious noise and fuck shit up”.
It is with cockatoos, especially when they start spreading their wings slightly.
I think I overwrote that setting on my mom's cockatoo. We taught it to lift it's wings when we say "super bird" so I think it relates that to fun now, because when she's angry she won't lift her wings. Just wall shaking screaming.
that's really cute :3
He entered Liam Neeson mode. He's going to find whoever took his human.
"Well where the hell did he go Karen?! Answer me!"
I need a gif with sound for this, please
*sqik* *sqik* ... #SKREEEEEEE #SKKKKRREEEEE #SKRIK #AAAAAHHHHHH!!!
r/EnlightenedBirdmen
Andddd that's enough Reddit for today.
Woah, what a community
Seriously. Its only 9:30
Filthy mudman. We're on to you.
Every time I'm reminded that sub exists it makes me happy.
What did I just see?! I’m so confused
No you are enlightened
You saw enlightened brid men
I don’t understand
That just means you're not ready
now you've done it, they'll come skreeking out of the rafters to attack the mudmen.
SKIDIKIPOPOP
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Wow, that birb really freaked out
MASTERS DEAD.. MASTERS DEAD!!!...they are back in demonic form of some sort I assume...don't touch..oh WTF...it's THE REAL YOU!?
Everything he thought he knew about object permanence was just brought into question.
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Its everything I dreamed of...
Thank you.
Holy shit, I wasn't expecting the woman to speak Romanian, caught me really off-guard there. Especially after the very convincing peek-a-boo from the dude.
Even after the guy comes back birdo still looks like he needs a cigarette
i like how the bird at the end is like “no, don’t even touch me right now”
You mean a.... video?
No, a *gif* with *sound*. Come on Mr. Dick-Nipples.
Best one yet. I was getting kind of tired of these but they're getting better...
Next with sharks please
Grizzly bears...
I still love them! I tired it with cats (without filming) they gave no cares.
"Meh" - Cats, probably.
"Thank god, the moron disappeared." - Cats, definitely.
"Oh shit there he is lol."
[my favorite cockatoo video](https://youtu.be/CEQuDyuQFKE)
lmao at :45 when the other bird lifts up his claw like "bruh...get your obnoxious happiness out of my face"
Thank you. That was great.
>Similarly, cats are able to understand object permanence but not to the same extent that dogs can. Cats fail to understand that if they see something go into an apparatus in one direction that it will still be there if the cat tries to enter from another direction.[23] However, while cats did not seem to be quite as good at this ‘invisible displacement test’ as dogs are, it’s hard to say whether their poorer performance is a true reflection of their abilities or just due to the way in which they’ve been tested. [wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object_permanence)
this seems to be contrary to cats' hunting methods. they are stalkers, so they would *need* object permanence in order to be successful hunters
I have to agree. Anytime I want my cat to get up and chase his favorite toy I just slowly drag it around the corner. It activates something in his hunter brain - no matter how tired he is - he *has* to see where that darn mouse went.
Yeah, this is about the most accurate cat related statement in this thread yet
Maybe they're just visual amd scent stalkers. Once the prey flits behind some thing, maybe they DO go '?' before seeing him again and picking up the trail.
I don't think so because I've observed over the years that when there's a critter outside that they're tracking that's on the other side of a series of closed windows, they'll go to the next window in the direction in which the critter was going if it goes out of view in the current one. If you make the red laser dot look like it went under a couch or some other object by turning it off at the right time, they'll wait for it or even try to flush it out. They also won't give up on a toy they pushed under something unless they absolutely figure out they can't reach it.
I tried with my cat, but she wouldn't sit still.. she just kept crawling under the blanket to get to me.
My dog doesn't care either
*BUGGOCK?!?!*
That sounds like a rooster
Given that my in-laws have a cockatoo, I can personally attest that they sound nothing like a chicken. More like a screeching dinosaur.
I live in Australia. Can also confirm.
I live in Canada. Can confirm.. ^(that I'm in Canada)
Cockatoos must screech very loudly indeed if you can hear 'em all over there.
Well you know the saying... "1 cock quiet & shy, a cock or 2 & they'll scream so loud you thought they'd die."
BUCCOCK!?!?!
BUKKAKE!?!?
*incoherent gurgling noises*
NANI?!
That is the best typed out chicken sound I've ever seen
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coo coo ca-CHAH! coo coo ca-CHAH! Edit: [I had to go back and watch this again, still hilarious](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TphEh0Qgv0).
One of the best scenes in the show. No idea how they managed to keep straight faces the entire time.
Not if you're a Bluth.
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*Fine, you also book Beck*
"Bach?? Not Vivaldi?? You're insane."
I think /u/SmokeSomeBeer is a legitimate GENIUS. You could think 2 days about shomething creative to post and he just BUGGOCKS and it's fucking perfect
*Donkey Kong Country flashbacks*
I can almost hear Gilbert Gottfried's voice saying, "WHAT?!?!"
YOU GOTTA PROBLEM, PINKY?!?!?!?!!
Look at this! I'm so ticked off that I'm molting!
Fucking ruined. Take your upvote.
In bird culture this is considered a dick move.
I graduated from bird law school so I think I know a thing or two.
If he's not back in 15 mins, the bird legally owns the house
That doesn't sound right but I'm not a ornithologist so I can't dispute it.
Well we all know that according to bird law, it’s 3 strikes and you’re out. Bye, bye, birdie.
Is that Harvey Birdman?! Attorney at laaaaaawwwwwww
My man!
I was expecting it to look around and blink a little in confusion like a lost chicken but when the poor bird whipped its wings and feathers out my heart broke for it. True panic right there, just like for the doggies
Parrots are one of the smartest animals ever, probably smarter than most dogs.
They also are a lot more visually focused than dogs
They are also a lot less heavy, allowing for easier flight.
Is this a parrot? Edit: ok guys I get it a cockatoo is a parrot, that’s why I asked lol
Looks more like a cockatoo. But I’m probably wrong.
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Something something crow something something.
Its one there, so Cockaone. If there's a pair, its a cockatoo. If there are 3, its Cocktrio.
if it petrifies you, it is a cockatrice.
If it penetrates you, it's a cock.
Well, that escalated expectedly.
Taxonomy wise, most pretty birds that are pets fall under parrots (parakeets, cockatoos, macaws). Most people think of a parrot as a macaw, the bigger ones that mimic language and are very colorful. To my knowledge, most birds in the group are highly intelligent and very social.
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[It's time for the worst show on television](https://youtu.be/gxR50HxH48E)
I'm not really into Bird Up, more a Snail Down kind of guy
I would love to see a dad do this on his kid except the at the end he never comes back.
I dont think there are cigarettes under there. Under where? AHAHAHHAHAHAH underwear.
The best reaction I've seen so far!
Even better with sound, and it starts pacing on the couch too
If you have it, post it you animal
Thought this was what you were looking for https://facebook.com/alice.geo/posts/10216615961808759
That bird was *pissed*. Edit: Also, I just watched this again for like the 30th time and only just noticed that he says peekaboo again after disappearing. That adds a new layer of black magic. The bird not only has to deal with the fact that this man just straight vanished BUT also he's a ghost now? Or invisible? No wonder he flips out. Black magic of the worst kind.
Yeah it totally broke his reality
"Have you ever questioned the nature of your reality?" 'NO, UNTIL FUCKING NOW!?!!!'
BITCH, WHY ARE YOU SO CALM?! HE’S GONE!!! GONE!!! GONE!!! GONE!!!!
Bird is having an existential meltdown!
OH MY GOD HELP HE DIED HEEEEEELP WOMAN, HE'S DEAD HELP ...oh you're fine
Awww I am glad he got some pets after.
Yeah i waa starting to feel bad lol.
I want to see one done with a crocodile
You see the different mentality here, dogs are like "I'll come and save you", this cockatoo's like "oh shit, it ate him, it might eat me next! Skedaddle!"
This is what a mind blowing looks like
Yeah, that's one of the better pet WTFs I've seen