Bird in viral TikTok videos catches eye of academics
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- Опубліковано 27 лип 2022
- Apollo, an African grey parrot that was surrendered to a Florida pet shop as a baby, has become a TikTok star thanks to his new owners. www.fox13news.com/news/viral-...
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For anyone thinking of getting a grey they require just as much attention as a child or they will start destroying stuff around the house and act out. Please keep that in mind it's a lifelong commitment
Absolutely! And their life span is that of a human or longer.
Yes I have one. Just a baby yet but very aware of everything. Since he is so young he whistles and does a clucking sound for now. Not talking yet, I can't wait as we have 9 ppl in the house. I'm sure it will be interesting 🥰
@@deecarpio53 he'll start copying random words or sounds. Mine loves making sneezing and coughing sounds 😆 but he does speak as well especially when he's cleaning himself he'll have entire conversations
@David yes mine hasn't said a word yet but he's only 6 months old. When will he start saying something? My son & daughter in law talks to him all day
@@deecarpio53 usually by a year old atleast mine started by than. When my mom would come visit me he would copy her. That was the first time i heard him speak. Just keep saying his name or hello etc. And he'll eventually surprise you. Is he attached to one person?
He's ready to go to kindergarten. He knows all of his colors.
kathleen dudek, look at bird bath
🤣🤣🤣OMG it's like he graduates college😅
And he loves the phrase "touch purple"
He’s probably too well behaved for kindergarten lol
can he use a toilet though?
I had a budgie (parakeet to Americans) that could do this.
He'd ask for food, water, baths, he'd also ask for kisses and tickles when he wanted attention... he'd say "flappy" when he wanted to come out... sometimes he'd say "Door's open" for the same thing.
He also knew objects. Socks, t-shirt, milk bottle, keys, telephone, knives, forks, spoons, cuppa-tea.
Along with flappy and bath, he knew Activity words like "washy machine" when I was taking things in and out of the washer.
He also liked the bash game where if I said "bash" he'd peck the nearest object to him... and he'd play by himself as well if he was buzzing around the house by saying "bash", and then headbutt stuff.
Not many people know this, but birds will actually assign a noise to a friend. Basically they will name their friends, and will use the sound to call them.
He gave me a name, which was a two toned peep. The only way to describe it is like one of those late 1990s car alarm activation sounds. Like a "Boop-bweep" sort of noise.
He'd use it to call me into the kitchen, and then he'd say what he wanted... food, tickles, door's open etc.
He was born March 16th 2009, and died the same date, March 16th 2021, exactly 12 years old.
A lovely friend, hard to let them go.
Goes to show how close you guys were and how dedicated you must have been.
Thank you for your kindness.
that is remarkable, what a special bird and bond
That's so adorable! Thank you for sharing.
@@angel2000317 yeah my old boy use to do the same with words and make up his own.
First proper word I ever taught him was "boobies" and over the years he learned other various words with no context, basically mimicking.
He learned "Stinky Birdie" and would shout it occasionally... and one day he corrupted the phrase with "stinky boobies!"
"Telephone" also became corrupted at one point and became "Jelly" followed by a **pop** sound.
The thing with Sh*tbox (yeah his name was Sh*tbox)... was he learned so quickly, he got obsessed with keys.
Jangle the keys, and he say "keys" and he was so obsessed, he began to call everything "keys" to which I'd correct him and say "No, not keys... spoon" (or whatever the object actually was)... and for about 3 weeks, keys were called keys, and everything else was called "Not keys".
Too smart for his own good.
I used to breed budgies, and he was by far the smartest I've known.
What was his name!
And where are the pictures? Videos? Please?
I’m so glad that Apollo, Tori, and Dalton are getting recognition for what they have accomplished together! I love watching them on UA-cam.
Accomplished? The bird does a lot of guessing and they keep pushing the bird for the correct answer. This isn't any fun for the parrot; they're just garneshing attention and money.
People really don't understand animals and these sp-called Tiktok 'celebrities'. They only show the majority of good guesses; you don't see the 80% failure rate.
Tori is a great bird name lol
@@TheLucidChiba True, but Tori is the woman LoL
@@ihatesansseriffontslmfaoooooo
Maybe one day, Gizmo and Cosmo can make it on TV as well.
They give him a lot of positive feedback. No baby talk.
@Isabella B I don’t think anyone was planning on giving them negative reinforcement lmao
glassk
purple
Shrrrock
pour water
The most astounding thing is him looking outside and trying to figure out what's going on...that's awareness, Apollo is a great ambassador for African greys
Dark Fafnir, look at bird bath
The twist: The guy is a ventriloquist.
Tbh, African greys are the most intelligent parrots. Alex (the parrot they mentioned) had the intelligence and awareness of a 6-7 y.o. child and would try to emotionally manipulate his owner.
@@unterdessen8822 keas, ravens/crows/magpies, cockatoos and macaws are also really smarter too..
They say songbirds and others have more neurons then monkeys... pretty crazy to think how smart Dinos would have been
@@darkfafnir4389 🤣 I just wrote a comment on dinosaur intelligence today.
I saw a documentary about Velociraptors and the palaeontologists said, they were among the smartest dinosaurs, and their intelligence was on the level of a chicken. As a chicken owner, I can tell you, that chickens aren't smart.
Don't get me wrong, I love them and they're fascinating animals, when you don't lock them up in little cages, but let them roam around and snack on worms and insects. They're really skilled hunters, they have great eyesight (but only in daylight), they learn to recognise their people and can even differentiate between me and "daddy" - they treat him differently, because he's the one who brings goodies like cheese and talks to the rooster. And the rooster answers. They're very cute together, my two guys.
But chickens are also absolutely moronic. They would rather try to sleep in a bush, on twigs close to the ground, where any fox or marten could easily kill them, than check out the new coop. They run head first into the fence when you try to catch them, which makes it very easy to just grab them... but somehow they think they can do the Harry Potter railway station trick and magically break through the fence, if they just hit it in a straight line. They don't understand water bowls. It takes them about 3 minutes to topple them over or get the water so dirty, that it needs to be replaced. Even the special water domes, that you can hang from the ceiling, so they can't contaminate the water with random sh*t. Sometimes I think they bathe their feet in it, when I'm not looking.
So, no... if Velociraptors were as smart as chickens and most other dinosaurs were significantly dumber than that, there were no dinosaur geniuses.
But I think modern birds have an advantage in comparison to mammals: Mammals aren't as ancient as them. Birds have had much more time to evolve and adapt and become smarter. The earliest birds showed up, when dinosaurs were still around. So bird intelligence is probably that much more developed in some species, because they've had more time to practice.
What's really incredible to me is that not only does he ask questions, which is almost completely unheard of in animals, but he seemed to put words together to create his own question to ask what colour the thing was. Not even apes who learned sign language could do that. I'd only heard of Alex being able to, and now Apollo.
Yeah there was a video I saw of him watching rain through a window, he was asked what was happening outside, and he said, _”pouring water”._
Which technically is correct, as pouring rain is pouring water. Pretty impressive.
Apes have never actually learned sign language. That was a hoax.
The apes that knew sign language while it was impressive and they did know some words it was more or less faked and exaggerated. To me it seem Apollo is more real.
there's a video where dalton gives him a leaf, and when asked what it was made of, he said "paper". he then said "plants!". i like that one, it shows that he isnt just spouting words for pistachios, it makes sense why he would think a leaf is paper.
The video where unprompted, he was alone in the cage and states that *the guys name, sry I forget just now*" is outside" and also says fire and they were making a fire outside. Amazing.
Apollo is the happiest bird I've seen on the internet. His parents spend so much time with him and interact and teach him so much that he's just so darn happy and they really love him and he loves them
Check out Gizmo, too. He's also a VERY happy bird!
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I don't know, Gizmo is pretty damn happy and hilarious. My own eclectus is also just as happy and does tricks as well like fetch (down the hall, on counters, etc), roll over, high five, wave, turn around, puts food in a grocery cart, etc.....we just don't all put videos online since privacy is more important than likes.
@@smz5302gizmo is incredible
@@briarrose7016Ok? there's nothing wrong with it
These birds require LOTS of attention, all the time, for a lifetime or longer.
Find an alternate parent for the bird with whom they can also practice bonding and will become familiar with, in case you want to go on vacation without the bird, or something happens to you. Birds are easily traumatized if their humans aren't careful.
Also, it's like having a very intelligent, sensitive and mischievous kid with high attention needs, who will be like that forever.
Most likely, you will have at least as much to learn as the bird does.
I have noticed that Apollo has trained his humans quite well. Those humans must be pretty smart too.
And don't they live really long too? I rescue cats but was contacted by a family member of a 75 year old woman's family who was trying to rehome her parrot that she had forever. They said she got it as a teenager. I always thought they didn't live long because I never been around them or anyone who had them. I've always thought it was so cruel to take an animal that's meant to fly and put it inside of a house. It's like prison when you're innocent and committed no crimes. 😩
@@rebeccaspratling2865 they can live as long as humans
Apollo has extraordinary parents.
fr though, it's kind of heartwarming to see how much love and effort they're putting in!
We call ourselves parronts! One 25 year old macaw and an almost 30 year old grey!
Parents? They just push him for social media content for attention and money. Yeah let's just promote stuff like that. You don't see the 80% the parrot takes the wrong guess. So naïve.
@@PhyrexJ If social media enables them to pour money and time into their animal, that's a good thing. You must be fun at parties 😂
@@PhyrexJyou don't know much huh?
My grey will be 24 in May, original owner. I am so glad that Apollo was adopted by these people who are giving him the attention he deserves. I have seen birds abandoned and with every new adoptee it takes more time to gain trust. They bond with their person and abandonment is rough on them. Bless Apollo's mom and dad!
Yes! One day I want one and it’s one of the things I’m doing research before I get one and you have to be very attentive and not travel or be home a lot or else the relationship with the bird is non existent.
our family grey is 22, still a little rascal. His favorite person is my mother, but when he's with me he's very relaxed like Appolo is at 1:21
Been watching Apollo on YT for a while but didn’t know Dalton and Tori made it on the news. They’ve been great giving Apollo the attention he needed.
Same, I've never heard them mention any interviews before
I watch them most days and I didnt know they did work with bbc x
That bird just needed someone who was willing to stimulate his mind!!!
SPERTS, look at bird bath
Apollo is such a clever bird. I love watching him learn!
IndoDINO UA-cam, look at bird bath
I love their videos because they show realistic training. Apollo gets many chances to guess, sometimes gets frustrated and answers randomly. It shows that intelligence and learning is a series of trial and errors, that get refined over time.
As a caregiver to one of these AGs, I can affirm that they are amazing, lovable companions.
Marty Richard, look at bird bath
*Glad to know this couple is keeping their parrot busy mentally. They're highly intelligent animals that need a lot of attention & constant stimulation*
Having Apollo, well any parrot, is like having a child. Lots of work and I'm so glad he got rescued by the right people!
Apollo. ❤
And an obligatory "shrock!"
Thank you for rescuing him! Birds live so long people pawn them off when they get tired of them. What a smart boy !
why are you saying thanks to them? this isn't @apolloandfrens, this is someone else's channel lmao
Probably not the case but they do live for some time so it's possible it out lived the owner
Pawn?
@@RctdcttecededtefYeah, in this case Apollo was only 8 months. All sorts of reasons why a person can't continue to care for a pet, but death's less likely here
Good job Apollo, you made it on the news!
carl poppa, look at bird bath
Late to the party here, but two more, he gets a pistach!
This bird is next level intelligence. Saying, “it’s a bell,” instead of just “bell” is remarkable.
He understands sentence structure, and understands quantity and how to verbalize it.
..or maybe that's how the English speaking humans taught him? He probably thinks it's called "abell"
Still amazing, but use some critical thinking
"Bird outside" and "whoa it's a squirrel" are both mind-blowing
Absolutely not lol. They just say "it's a bell" to him. He has that chunked as a phrase.
It's more like he's learning these sentences as if they're one word. You don't hear him say "it's orange" for the colours. He usually only says "it's a" before he says bell.
The more amazing thing to me is that he's learned to ask "what's this" and "what color is this" when he genuinely wants to know the answer
@@Eval999 if you watch any video of him he uses both "this is a x" "it's a x" and just "x". He absolutely has some sense of sentence structure.
Meanwhile mine just swears, whistles and barks
Tony Cropper, look at bird bath
There's a video on here... can't find it rn, but it's a cockatoo, who was scared of the neighbour's terrier, until it learned, that the terrier is scared of large dogs. So the cockatoo started to imitate "big dog barks" to intimidate the terrier. It worked.
Meanwhile the African greys in an English zoo had to be removed from their exhibit, because they kept shouting ni**er (yes, exactly... with gg) and laughing about it.
So... kiss your parrot. It could be worse.
These birds are known for being smart to begin with, but these two are doing an excellent job with him!👍
The African Grey Parrot... smartest known bird, and up there with dolphins, simians, elephants and octopuses. They can do arithmetic, too, and they are the only animals that pass the mirror test that can make human phonemes and actually speak to us. Makes it much easier to really get a feel for what they're capable of.
Just like babies you just need to give an animal thousands of opportunities to see the world and make neural connections. It helps to give them agency as well.
I feel so proud of Apollo, Tori and Dalton (also Soleil and Ofelia) for being on TV! So wholesome. They deserve all the recognition!
African Grey’s intelligence is very well documented. Another African Grey saved the life of his owner by alerting her to their home catching fire. Brilliant birds!❤
*We have all heard of "Florida Man" but let me present to you: "Florida Bird".*
He reminds me of my favourite Africa Grey, Einstein. Einstein's vocabulary is insane. Apollo is also very smart.
Yeah, the Knoxville zoo one. The other one on youtube is different. Still alive I hear.
@@KathrynsWorldWildfireTrackingEinstein just has a routine. Apollo's intellect is for real.
@@JanusHoW Exactly. What "Apollo is ALSO very smart"??? Are people too stupid to comprehend Apollo is a dimension smarter than Einstein? Apollo is comparable to Irene Pepperberg's Alex, who could also identify materials. If their favourite is Einstein, bless their brain...
Wow. I love his voice!!! 😂 especially when he says there’s a bird outside.
What I love about Apollo is he doesn’t have curse words in his vocabulary. Great job Dalton and Tori you raising him right!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
African Greys are amazingly intelligent. They are considered one of the top 3 most intelligent animals on earth. Apollo is amazing!
Wow, I thought my African Grey was smart, Apollo blows him away! Now I have to get back to training Kiwi. Nice 👍🏽
I really hope foolish people dont go out and buy an African Grey (at least adopt) and not research the immense amount of work and sacrifice that goes into their ethical care. I follow these people and they do know what they are dong or at least in other cases, earnestly dedicate themselves to the birds care. (also rescued not bought; many parrots need homes)
How dare they leave out the most important words in Apollo's vocabulary. "Wario" and "Shrock" 😂
I love how he’s just chill when sitting by his parents, they DO love him. They care about his development so much ❤
Holy Cow! I've become a fan of Apollo in last two months and I had no idea he was featured on Fox News. That's amazing! So happy for you guys❤
Glass 🗿
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Look at bird bath
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As a linguist, I can say that what is most interesting is whether the parrot can create sentences and has an understanding of grammar. It takes intelligence to discern colours and objects and to recall the correct word in isolation, but that is not language in and of itself. Apollo seems to have learnt a phrase "what's this?", but the crucial question is whether Apollo treats it as single word or whether he can understand that "what", "is", and "this" are separate words. And could Apollo create utterances himself that he has never heard before?
At one point, his trainer says “what is this?” And Apollo replies “that’s a bell”, using a conjunction in the correct context when his trainer hadn’t used one first for him to mimick. This seems similar to what you’re describing!
NERD
It's absolutely fascinating! I don't claim that my budgie is anywhere near this, but he has combined words to make up his own. It amazes me. For example, he combined "bird" and "angel" into the separate word "birngel." He'd never heard it before, and he says all 3 words separately.
Check out "Gizmo the Grey (Gray) Parrot" his owners have general conversations as opposed to "what is this colour".
Apollo's created the word "shrock" (there's a video of him saying "Shrock. Shrek, rock." somewhere; this isn't something he was taught, but rather a combination of words he's learned), and he's learned that some bits of sentences aren't needed ("This is a" before bell, which is interchangeable with "it's a bell" or just "bell"). He knows that "what color" means asking for a color, "what's this made of?" means asking for a material, and "what is X" asks for the shape. Whether or not that's true understanding of grammar or just knowing that there's more than one acceptable reply is... hard to say, but he does seem to know that you can have multiple ways of answering correctly, and that certain combinations of words mean different things!
Look at his happy neck feathers- that bird is so loved. He gets so happy when he gets a question right!
Apollo is genuinely the greatest
suetan, look at bird bath
I love it when my favorite influencers get recognized.
I love Apollo! I dont think he would have learned nearly as much with his old owners. Dalton and Tori put so much work into him. Hes absolutely amazing!
I love Apollo. He's so smart, it's really intriguing
African Greys are the Border Collies of the bird world. Extremely smart
And as mischievous
Omg Apollo is finally famous!!!😆🤩 I am so pleased to see him here! Watching him from the very beginning and he is so incredibly smart and learns so fast, hats off to his family for being so dedicated in his training!! Here's a pistash Apollo, good bird!!
Oh my goodness his voice is so clear! Gorgeous bird and so intelligent why would we think otherwise! Great he’s bilingual! 🥰🏴🇬🇧
I hope this doesn't get to him . some folk just don't know how to handle fame and what comes with it .
Rudy The Soviet Cat, look at bird bath
He's already got a serious pistachio addiction...
🤣🤣🤣
@@bradsimpson8724 omg🤣🤣🤣
@@bradsimpson8724 stash?😭😂
Wow! Apollo's on the news! A sibling and I have absolutely fallen in love with the guy. He's so smart and a good boy.
All African Greys are smart .
Whirl Wind, look at bird bath
Not all of them are trained though
True! I have an African Grey since she was 4 months old. They are amazing.
I believe they are the smartest parrots, and parrots are already amongst the smartest birds
@@nibulsheep8214 look at bird bath
I love Apollo, you're doing a great job raising him and teaching him!❤
He also says "SUCK" with slurping noises, not even kidding
Congrats, Apollo and Frens!! Amazing bird!
It's always a pleasure to talk to a clever parrot
I’m so happy for these young people. I watch their channel and they are good to their birds.
Wait a minute. “It’s a bell”? Not just “bell”, but “it’s a bell”?
So happy he got recognized what a smart funny birb he is 🐦💗
Absolutely brilliant apollo and dalton and Victoria you are superb
Mickey Downs, look at bird bath
Dalton, Tori and Apollo are all amazing! All of them are actually teaching people about animals. So many people discount the intelligence of animals because PEOPLE can't understand them...
We LOVE Apollo in this house!!!!! Pablo (our Grey) loves watching him! Hes so freakin cute 🥰
The funny thing is that he’s now obsessed with the word glass. What’s this Apollo? Glass. No Apollo, that’s wood. Glass. Lol
I think he knows and he's just pulling their leg, being silly. A bird's gotta have fun too!
No hes not, he's being silly. He often says the wrong word on purpose then bobs his head up and down like he's laughing
What an outstanding animal
Orlando Aponte, look at bird bath
Haha this is awesome! I've been following Apollo for a lil while and it's great watching people discover how smart he is.
I love Apollo's voice.
I fell in love with Apollo the first time I saw him. You’re all amazing!
Apollo is absolutely Amazing! Going to follow him after seeing this.❤
Dalton, you and Apollo have earned this recognition
🎉 Apollo is in the big-time now. We've been appreciating him for a long time...now the rest of the world 👏👏👏 Apollo is Shrock-ing it!
I discovered Apollo on UA-cam recently. I had no idea he was local!
Apollo is breaking barriers and stereotypes. You two do great with his education.
My AF is now 26 years old & she still astonishes me every single day ! They are amazing creatures ❤ my AF is also bilingual & speaks in both English & Spanish 😅
Wtf, Apollo isn't just using correct words, he is speaking in sentences. Pretty awesome bird.
He is such a wonderful creature! So smart!
These birds take A LOT of care. If not constantly cared for they can develop nervous disorders and start plucking all their own feathers... It's really sad.
Apollo is a very beautiful bird. He deserves the best so is his owners because he’s getting well taken care of ❤️✝️ God bless Apollo and family
I saw Apollos videos just yesterday, I didn’t realize it was viral. 😂
King Luciano, look at bird bath
If they can do that with a bird, they are going to have super genius babies! Great patients & teaching on their part😊
Patience
That's not how it works, genius
that's a f*ing weird thing to say
I absolutely love Apollo! He can be very funny at times and has a great sense of humor. My boyfriend and I comment to each other some of Apollo's sayings.... such as "psnack?!" Lol
My girlfriend and I do that too!
My Grey, Bugsy , (who’s in his 40’s) loves watching Apollo. I put them on for him when I’m outside doing livestock chores.
I love Apollo and his humans. I've been following them for a while now and it's been fun watching his knowledge and understanding increase. He 's an amazing bird and his owners do an excellent job with him.
He is so freaking smart! I love this bird and his humans❤❤❤😊
He is just so awesome you guys do a great job at training him. Actually he seems to train you guys LOL.
Such an intelligent bird.
Him picking out that the geode was rock and not glass was really impressive. That's a pretty subtle distinction!
Also, him saying "purple " for the colors first shows he's more observant than me. I didn't notice the owner's shirt is purple lol
He's beautiful and true.
May Kasahara v2k, look at bird bath
Apollo is awesome. Figures he’d hit the news :) “Glass!” XD
I love his voice and his intellect. Such a good bird!
This household is one of the few bright spots in the state of Florida
I bet he is more intelligent than 40% of Fox news viewers.
😂😂😂
Think you might be underestimating… it’s probably closer to 80%.
I'd say hes smarter than 80% of Americans.
What part did you not understand?
So then 90% of CNN and MSNBC viewers?
They need to hurry up, the bird can only live about another 58 years. 😂
So cool to see how his parents spend time with him and keep him happy. These birds take lots of time and ❤️ love
He's truly amazing and super cute. Good bird parents.
G L A S S
I am proud to be a Floridian because there is at least one good thing that came out of Florida and that was Apollo and his family
That bird identified everything you taught it to…amazing!!!
All animals have incredible capacity to learn if you just take the time. I’ve had birds, dogs and cats. Only big diff is the dogs and cats can’t form words to ask questions. This is what adds some uniqueness to Apollo. Although one of our kitties can very clearly say no, if you try to get her to do something she doesn’t wanna do.
And one of my kittens will answer in the affirmative ONLY when asked if she wants to play…but better be ready to play if you ask, lol, she will get her fav toy and bring it to you.
Nice to see them getting the attention they deserve
G L A S K
Apollo's a very clever boy! He's a very loved lil grey bird, whose so sweet! ❤❤
Apollo! He loves pistash and soleil and training and socks.