Grey parrot

Are you serious?

Yeah, I got an African Grey, and he started beatboxing earlier, and his head was going, and he was getting out.

Um, um, um, um, um, and he's not ever been on the show because...?

Uh, well, he can be.

I tell you what-

Home-

... that, I, f- just 'cause, uh, ironically you say that, 'cause on my social feeds I've had African Grey parrots appear recently, 'cause they're hilarious.

They're brilliant.

BUT I HAVE LEARNED TO LOVE NEW THINGS, AND TO REMEMBER MY CHILDHOOD AS A SWEET DREAM INSTEAD OF A LOST AND LONGED-FOR REALITY.

the gray parrot gave a little soft laugh and was silent i declare said the canary who had listened very attentively you have seen a lot of trouble but why such a quiet gentlemanly bird as you should have such a passion to bite and tear things i can't imagine now my family but what the canary had to tell will always be a mystery for at that moment the door opened and in came papa and mamma from the party oh fritz you naughty dog said mamma when she saw her pretty afghan lying in a heap on the floor but when she lifted it to put it back on the lounge she found louis still hugging his bow and arrow carrie hope the white kitty and fritz all curled up in a little warm bunch sound asleep at that moment nurse who had just returned from her party too came running downstairs in great alarm sure ma'am the children ain't in their beds at all she began but stopped in astonishment when she saw her little charges sitting on the rug rubbing their fists into their sleepy eyes They did talk, said Lewis, as soon as he was wide awake enough to speak.

Lorito told us all about his brother and sister and everybody.

Yes, Mama, and he's so sorry he tipped over the ink, said Carrie.

And she hugged her white kitty and went fast asleep, with her little head on Mama's shoulder.

while Mama laughed merrily at the children's wonderful dream.

The Gray Parrot did not say a word.

He sat very quiet in his cage, his head buried in his feathers, and his eyes shut tight.

Oh.

We had an Afri- African Grey called Charlie, and it literally was, um, he flew into our garden.

We tried to find owners.

It was back before social media, so there was no AI post to send out with his, none with his birth details on it.

Yes

... uh, pet sat a parrot?

Yes, and I also had a parrot, an African Grey just like Cindy.

See?

Anybody who has feathers.

Grayson, my African Grey, he molts.

Mm-hmm.

Yeah.

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She's an African Grey, her name's Chanel.

The parrot's name was Georgina, actually, and people were, like, out there trying to catch this parrot.

I was watching it just laughing my ass off 'cause I'm like, "You guys, it's a bird.

Yeah, it's a parrot.

The African Grey Parrot.

The

African Grey Parrot.

I was on a kick of just weird animal nests.

And so I added a bunch of things to our list of weird animal nests.

You are a visiting professor, and you were awarded an OBE for services to mental health.

So I'm giving you the cleverest of all the birds, the grey parrot.

How clever are grey parrots? Probably cleverer than half the people you interviewed for your show, including Donald Trump and the Duchess of York.

There are parrots with vocabularies-

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... of over 1,000 words that can answer complex questions using the correct tenses, and they even invent words.

For instance, the first time that a grey parrot was given cake, um, he described it as yummy bread, which is a far better word for cake than cake.

Uh, parrots are also the only creature which are tripedal, which means when they're climbing up branches they use their two feet and their mouths to advance upwards.