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Over 20 million parrots are kept as pets in American households, and a study wanted to see if these social birds would enjoy video calling each other just like humans.
The Birds of a Feather study recruited more than a dozen parrot owners and their birds, to see if parrot loneliness, a real danger to the birds’ mental health, could be improved through access to video calling.
It’s no word of a lie to say that platforms like Zoom, Skype, and Facetime saved lives during the totalitarian lockdowns during COVID-19, but humans aren’t the only creatures capable of utilizing and benefiting from video calls to friends.
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The Birds of a Feather study recruited more than a dozen parrot owners and their birds, to see if parrot loneliness, a real danger to the birds’ mental health, could be improved through access to video calling.
It’s no word of a lie to say that platforms like Zoom, Skype, and Facetime saved lives during the totalitarian lockdowns during COVID-19, but humans aren’t the only creatures capable of utilizing and benefiting from video calls to friends.
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Parrots Kept as Pets Were Taught to Video Call Each Other—and They Loved It
Not only did the birds initiate calls freely, which went well, they seemed to understand that a real fellow parrot was on the other end
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