Imnecomrade [none/use name]@hexbear.net to earth@hexbear.netEnglish · 29 days agoWhen presented with a new object, parrots may experience panic. This is known as neophobia.yewtu.beexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up138arrow-down10cross-posted to: creature_posting@lemmygrad.ml
arrow-up138arrow-down1external-linkWhen presented with a new object, parrots may experience panic. This is known as neophobia.yewtu.beImnecomrade [none/use name]@hexbear.net to earth@hexbear.netEnglish · 29 days agomessage-square5fedilinkcross-posted to: creature_posting@lemmygrad.ml
minus-squareBelly_Beanis [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·29 days agoAlex the Parrot recently flipped the fuck out when someone tossed a tree branch with a plushie of some kind attached to it into his backyard. His owner had to throw it into a fire to get Alex to calm down.
minus-squareTraschcanOfIdeology [they/them, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·29 days agoSomething exactly the same happened to Apollo the African Gray.
minus-squareBelly_Beanis [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·29 days agoDerp I got my parrots mixed up. You’re right it was Apollo, not Alex lol
minus-squareTraschcanOfIdeology [they/them, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·29 days agoLol I thought it was such a huge coincidence, but I didn’t know about the plushie detail, so I didn’t think much of it.
Alex the Parrot recently flipped the fuck out when someone tossed a tree branch with a plushie of some kind attached to it into his backyard. His owner had to throw it into a fire to get Alex to calm down.
Something exactly the same happened to Apollo the African Gray.
Derp I got my parrots mixed up. You’re right it was Apollo, not Alex lol
Lol I thought it was such a huge coincidence, but I didn’t know about the plushie detail, so I didn’t think much of it.