This is Mitie Mike. He's a military macaw and I was trying to draw his portrait. What a BRAT! Not only would he not hold still but then he bit me. He dipped his beak in my ink pot and stripped the plastic off my pen!! Some thanks I get for making him look good in ink! hee hee...Most parrots talk somewhat well but the best "talker" is the African Grey parrot. A friend of mine has a beautiful specimen which says things like: "I can talk can you fly?", and mimics everything from children playing, phone rings, and even the microwave beep, with perfect accuracy. My friend says she doesn't answer the phone anymore because she's never sure if it's the bird or a caller. The parrot can even "throw" his voice which is a talent I haven't been able to learn yet.
Personally I have a Citron Crested Cockatoo which is extremely destructive. He has the most innocent look on his face when he's at his worst. A few years ago he learned how to escape his cage, (bugger) and while I slept, he proceeded to destroy the vacuum cleaner. In one night he managed to eat through the hose, bite through the electrical cord, ripped off the rubber stripping on the front, took apart all the peripherals, and basically shredded the rubber grip handle. In the morning I walked into my living room to see a cute, white bird immediately drop the rubber bit he was chewing on and exclaim "Good morning, I love you!"
LOL Of course I'd have vacuumed the mess up but for the fact that it was the vacuum that was in a thousand pieces all over the carpet. Sigh,.... anyone want a parrot? :)
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