some new pics of Larry / dial up no no :(

Oh they are both gorgeous and so beautifully feathered! Do both Jack and Larry talk a lot? I grew up with a local pet store that was famous for it's Mynah, Soc, who knew a lot of words (sometimes I swear that bird understood which words to use to get a desired result! LOL)

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

Oh they are both gorgeous and so beautifully feathered! Do both Jack and Larry talk a lot? I grew up with a local pet store that was famous for it's Mynah, Soc, who knew a lot of words (sometimes I swear that bird understood which words to use to get a desired result! LOL)

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yep they both talk jack dosent say as much as larry thou but jack has a much clearer voice

Larry has just learnt to say "hello my names Michael Caine" LOL
he has said it in a cockney accent a couple times now aswell lol he has this mad laugh aswell :D
larry also say "night night" ,"whats up!" "whats up larry" "he also bobs his head up and down when i put music on and says "dance" lol he also says "chad...go on , bad boy chad" lol (chad is my dog)
hes says quite a few other things aswell that i cant remember off hand

Jack say "hello" asks if your "Alright?" shouts WOW and does some weird jungle sounds , he also without fail will say "NO" if anyone here asks a question lol

Nice birds! They are so much fun except when they are shrieking for no apparent reason. I have heard Greys are much quieter than most parrots. Is it true?

Aren't Greys considered the smartest of all parrots. I remember watching a show on the Discovery Network about this Grey being studied at a university and it just blew me away how this bird could understand concepts of color, shape, construction material of certain objects (wood versus felt for instance).

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Originally Posted by jglass38

Nice birds! They are so much fun except when they are shrieking for no apparent reason. I have heard Greys are much quieter than most parrots. Is it true?

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So far larry has not let out a single shriek , he can be loud at times when laughing etc but it isnt ear pearcing , , i have heard this about greys being quieter too , and so far larry seems to be proving this :)

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

Aren't Greys considered the smartest of all parrots. I remember watching a show on the Discovery Network about this Grey being studied at a university and it just blew me away how this bird could understand concepts of color, shape, construction material of certain objects (wood versus felt for instance).

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yup that grey you are talking about is callled Alex he is amazing :cool:
ive heard that there trying to learn alex to read now! :eek: , recent studies seem to think that african greys seem to have the intelligence of a 13 year old and the emotions of a 4/5 year old

heres a link on alex - http://www.alexfoundation.org/

im actually afraid of birds (yeah, i know, kinda silly, i can deal with snakes and horses, but not birds:rolleyes:), but they are absolutley beautiful!

That is one awsome African Grey, I love them, they are my favorite. I just dont have the time to give it the attention they need. Too many dogs and snakes.:D Congrats!

What a pretty boy you have!! That last pic of Larry is just a riot!!!!! :D :D