Watch: smart parrot sorts coins from trash

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Item on ground - trash
Item in hand - coin

Refused to take the butt from the hand.

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Assuming it is the same bird, in a different video, items are placed on the table: https://www.instagram.com/p/CNrrcZXoy0j/

Same video as the Instagram link above, but on imgur:

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You had me at “sassy parrot.”

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I love how he opens and closes the door to his cage!

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I could watch that link above alllllllllllll day. This almost makes me want to get/train a lifetime birb. Almost.

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My GF owns a cockatiel. From what I gathered she has developed a form a Stockholm syndrome in a semi-abusive/hostage-esque relationship.

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Nice work if you can get it.

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This is fun. I’d like to see what he does with a washer or a metal bottlecap. I’d like to see him grabbing wads of paper, too.

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everytime I see this headline I think of an electronic smartparrot, which doesn’t sound nearly as entertaining.

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