Best talking parrot in the world! Clover knows 350+ words (with subtitles)
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- Опубліковано 27 кві 2011
- Clover, a Congo African Grey parrot shows off some of her 350-word vocabulary. This was Clover's winning entry in the "professional" division of the Kaytee International "Best Talking Parrot" competition in 2011.
For those of you that enjoy this video and hope to get a parrot, I caution you that besides the cute talking, Clover spends 6+ hours a day clicking, honking, whistling, car alarms, shrieking, clucking, and begging for junk food, more nuts, more fruit, more showers, etc.
Parrots are messy, poopy, destructive, bitey and throw sticky food everywhere. Because of Clover, I spent over an hour a day vacuuming and doing other cleaning. Parrots like African Greys create up to a tablespoon of "dust" in their feathers every day. Despite my perpetual cleaning, dust from Clover's feathers got into my 1-year-old laptop and destroyed it.
Parrots need almost non-stop interaction and care during the day. Parrots the size of Clover also need about $500-1000 in toys and "gear" every year just to keep them occupied for a few minutes of the day.
Don't get one if you do not have almost limitless money. Besides the purchase price (medium-large parrots are typically over $1000 in the U.S.) and a large cage ($500-$2000), parrots are extremely expensive to maintain. They need an endless supply of new toys...organic food...fresh food supplements... large cage... play stands... $300 typical annual vet appointment (if there is nothing wrong), etc. Please visit this site: www.parrotsr4ever.org/Pre_Aqui..., and click on all the links before getting a parrot.I wish I had found that site before getting Clover!
If your dream is to have a 3 year old, biting, screaming, destructive child in the room with you for the next 35 years, by all means get a parrot. But please adopt it from rescue. Some estimates show that 1 MILLION parrots are currently in rescues in the USA awaiting homes. These were all birds that people got as babies thinking they would raise it "their way" and it would be great. Note that it was not, and they ended up giving it away. Adult rescue parrots are often easier to train than babies and more grateful to adopters too. Thanks!
P.S. I got Clover while living in Istanbul and had her from 2008-2012. I filled out tons of government agency applications to bring her back to the U.S. when I returned home. Most were approved, but one permit was denied due to the presence of bird flu in Turkey at that time. In the end, she stayed behind in Istanbul with a wonderful young couple who also have another female African Grey. She has continued her life of free-flying indoors, and being out of her cage most of the day with owners who work at home. - Домашні улюбленці та дикі тварини
The first person to ever hear a parrot talk was probably traumatized.
they probably ended up in a mental hospital
@Ziad Khaled Because it was the 1st time they had ever heard an animal speak like a human.
...the first time my ex-wife said she thought us together for the next 40 years...the same!
I believe God left parrots as an example that animals may have been able to talk before the fall of man.
@@body1702 to be able to talk like human the parrot will need to learn words first, so the first person who ever heard a parrot talk was the same one who thought it, probably because he/she noticed the parrot mimics other animals very good and decided to try if it can mimic words as well. So the first person who heard it talk was most likely "holy shit it worked"
She's having a conversation with herself
Oh and what's her boing
I coiled rope swing that hangs from the ceiling or a perch. One of many perches we have around the house.
it's a living recording machine, what did you expect?
Nouda you know nothing of the complex neruobiology of birds. Don't say stupid things
+PecoraSpec please teach me how and why they are able to talk
You should teach him to say "Help! I've been turned into a parrot!"
Erik R my mom tried to teach ours to say that! haha
Erik R - LOL!
@@PippaPPod Brilliant, maybe the police will come because they think your a witch! *sarcasm*
Lol
@@shallandavarpainterofsouls9509 ?
When a parrot talks to himself, everyone thinks it's cute. But, when I do the same thing, there's something wrong with me. 😁
Andrea Lmao
I guess it depends what you're saying :)
Well yea-
True
I said “eat the pig ashes tomorrow” to myself...
When a animal knows more pick up lines than you
Birds lay more chicks
XD
ElLosTAR Star ⭐️ 💯
KrazyKreations Gaming g
When a animal knows that it's "an" if the word following it begins with a vowel.. haha sorry :)
Based on what she's saying the owner sounds like a nice caring person :)
and she gets offered a lot of food lol
She WANTS an apple
i agree
I personally believe any pets intelligence depends a lot on affection and attention. Being happy and loved is so important.
That's what I was thinking. I've heard parrots with foul mouths and it's because of their owners.
A vet in Houston had one in his waiting room that talked and would often say, “I’m not for sale!” He made the wait enjoyable.
That's a great phrase--funny!
It sounds like it’s playing back recordings of what the owner said to her
Yea
Parrozon Palexa
Smh
The bird is manipulating its "vocal cords" to mimick the sound of the owners voice or whomever teaches it
@@ahmedal-hassan8862 amazing.
It would be hysterical to hear the bird talking during the middle of the night. Just imagine - You wake up to go to the bathroom. All of a sudden.
"Want some water?"
hahahaha
My African Grey imitates my sliding glass door and one night I got up and heard the door open. I freaked out, woke up my boyfriend and almost called the police till I realized to was my bird lol
+Mary Udomah My Gray will automatically start beeping like a microwave and squeaking like our squeaky food cabinet doors if she hears someone go down in the middle of the night. She knows we love our midnight snacks.
Loki Paqtism PFFT!
hahahaha
He's having a full conversation with himself 💀💀😹
no hes reading subtitles from whatever hes watching
XXSIMPLEXX Clover: I'm a she!
Selena Ervin tbh I don't think he cares
XXSIMPLEXX lmao😂
XXSIMPLEXX I’m your 1k liker
Super cute! Those African Greys are the smartest birds on earth, capable of learning an unbelievable number of words! No wonder they're compared to 4 year old children! 350-words is very impressive, Clover!
4:35 imitating a dog's whimper? Lol Sure did get my pup up, out of a dead sleep! 😂😂 AMAZING BIRD! xx
My parrot would be like, "bitch feed me" in the middle of the night.
lmao
Funniest comment ever
Do u have a video
I'm saying if I did have a parrot.
Bull crap some parrots are smart enough to know exactly what they are saying and can answer questions
4:37 SHE IMITATED THE SMOKE ALARM LOLOL
lmao died
😂😂😂😭😭
I laughed aloud at 3:42 when it called the dog, whistled and imitated the arriving dog.
LOL
😂😂😂
No matter how many times i watch these videos, i never get used to how weird it is that a certain bird on our planet can perfectly memorize and imitate people’s words and voices
We're up to an amazing 8 million views. That means 1 of every 400 humans with Internet worldwide have watched this video. Thanks, humankind--I hope you enjoyed meeting Clover!
Thank you for this upload it was great
It was a GREAT video. I wish I had video of my U2 chewing through the insulation on the vacuum cleaner cord! There were times he got out and let out my severe Macaw. She was half his size and she hated him. She'd chase him back in his cage. He'd hold the door shut with his beak as she stood at the top, her feet on the door and her beak on the frame, trying to pry open that door. Never a dull moment...
Wow I hope UA-cam are treating you and your bird well ❤️🇬🇧
I had a bad day,but Clover made me smile.Im in quarantine because of a possible case of Corona virus 😷☹️.But anyways your beautiful bird made me laugh and smile.More! More! Greetings from Canada 😊
@@merileeboubard694 thanks for being responsible and quarantining. Hope you don't have it and can just enjoy a couple weeks watching UA-cam!
I am still fascinated to this day that an animal can actually talk. When you sit and really think about it, it's really mind blowing!
Same, it's fascinating, isn't it!?
we are animals.....you idiot
animals communicate in their own ways. i think it would be fascinating if us humans could bark like a dog.
btw WE ARE ANIMALS
+AVERAGE DOG no shit, we ARE animals. It's just fascinating that a bird can repeat the human language. There are some animals that can be communicated to, like bird calling. Like communicating with a turkey, people do it.
I think I'd be more fascinated if the bird could actually communicate. All the bird is doing is imitating sounds it hears. I can bark like a dog or say words from a different language, but that's just me making sound, not communicating or anything.
When Clover's voice dropped into the husband's voice, I was shook
4:29
A friend of mine had a green+yellow Parakeet that woukd say f* you if you came into the room and did not say hello to her.
As he should. That's just rude.😉
I want one like that so bad
Roman ugh saaame
Lol thats awesome
Roman - Too bad, you have to make’m yourself... ☺️
At least we know his owner is nice and loving, unlike the ones that cuss like sailors!!!😂😂😂
So people who cuss aren't nice an loving? I call BULLSHIT
Blah Blah yoi know what I meant, sheesh
As a nice and loving sailor who happens to talk like a sailor, I resent that.
There was a parrot that was a the kiosk at the local park. They had to take it away cause people were teaching it to swear and it kept
Telling people to “F*ck Off C*nt
"Okay, bye!"
"Get over here. Get over here! C'mon"
Sounds like my mom every time I try to leave the house 😂😂
Let's go on your boing.
Hmmm.
mmmmmmmmnc
+criggle190 It's a coiled rope that you hang from the ceiling that parrots like to sit on. Nothing even slightly PG about a boing. :-)
Sharon Yildiz I was only quoting.
+criggle190 Then put "xxxx."
This word speaks clearer than any other bird I have ever heard! He is fantastic…
The way she mimics the dog at 3:45! 😂
His voice is so clear, he speaks better than a lot of people! He's a good bird👍
Oh, sorry good girl
The sudden change to the manly voice always gets me.
I'll never understand the thousands of thumbs down dislikes for awesome videos like this one.
I think they're the kinds of people that would let a baby turtle try to cross the highway on their own. Or laugh at a senior citizen falling. Or have simply lost all goodness in their hearts.
This lady seems like she is so sweet to this parrot, just from what it is saying
I like when clover stars making random noises then tells him or her self to knock it off.
Lol. "Want me to pick you up?"
This bird must run for congress.
His syntax and intonation are better than that of most humans.
She sounds like a patient in a mental institution XD
😂😂😂😂
Well said you are 101% right
😂😂😂😂😅
That poor birdie needs to be free!
Lmao!!
My friend used to have a bird like this. In the background you could always hear him yell "SHUT UP"
He's Awesome😊.Beautiful 🐦!!
If I talk to myself I'm crazy but clover does it it's cute 😂😂😂😂😂😂
This would be a great idea for a horror movie. Main actor owns a parrot. Parrot starts speaking strange words that haven't been spoken in that home, presumably by an intruder of some sort. Now that would be creepy!
MadeInVolantis I would watch it! Great idea!
MadeInVolantis the parrot summons up demons by talking some ancient language that was given to him from the ghost of Leo davincie.. Then the demon causes mayhem to the entire street, chopping heads off(while parrots sat on his shoulder) 😂😂
Man you need to pitch that to somebody. That's actually not a bad idea. I don't think anyones done a horror movie with that premise or anything similar to it.
Wow that's insane that she can imitate everyone's voices, including the dog. Incredible animal!
Exactly! I was saying that as well!
Very Clearly at that
Birds are incredibly intelligent creatures.
Amazing. It's like she's remembering these things. Like verbal pictures.
That's pretty darn good. Has her voice too.
It’s because our talking is like usual bird calls to them. They’re made to mimic those calls. So it’s mimicking her voice perfectly.
Because he mimic the voices he hear..... he doesnt understand what he is saying
It saddens me to see all these negative comments saying how you don't give her enough attention and that you aren't a loving owner. It's obvious from things she says that you give her plenty of attention. And she understands the outside part, which makes it even more clear you love her. Some of these people are just so silly.
Yes, Clover went outdoors in harness about 300 days a year, and walked around Istanbul, went on ferries, buses, cars and even horse carriages. Her new owners don't take her out in harness, but she and their other parrot are flighted and fly freely around their apartment most of the day.
It is very polite of you to call them silly. I would use other terms but will remain polite, as you did.
This bird speaks more coherently than most people do
It's so funny yet amazing how he mimics that dog whine.
Couldnt imagine after that women dies and the bird is still talking in her voice.
Mack lol
Oof
Lol 🤭
I noticed that too
Mack no, idiot. The parrot will be dead by then.
It's so crazy that she imitates your husband's voice, too, that's incredible!!
Lena the Glaceon omg i cant believe i saw you here lol
Chattingesque I LOVE PARROTS owo
Lena the Glaceon
Exactly!
I used to live with some African grays, and they can imitate just about any sound, including specific doors when they open and close. Always freaked me out when I’d wake up in the middle of the night to the sound of a door opening and footsteps on the creaky floorboards.
Clover speaks clearer than any bird I've ever heard. She's wonderful.
That bird is so adorable
best part in 3:33 when he said he said , Get over here.wanna sandwich? here you go.poop xD
Randi Brooks oh shut up
This is one of the most amazing yet creepy things ever
He has excellent enunciation. Better than most.
absolutely mesmerizing!...what a magnificent creature!❤
Hearing him talk in the middle of the night has to be creepy as f*ck...
Parrots sleep away the night, covered with a blanket in their cages. I've never heard Clover say anything at night at all. Otherwise, I would have tried teaching her to whisper "I see dead people" (from the Bruce Willis movie, The Sixth Sense) and scare any guests. :-)
Sharon Yildiz
Hehehehe what a nice host you must be :) Interesting fact, guess you learn something new every day!
Sharon Yildiz Now that would be funny!!! Very cool addition to your family!!
Sharon Yildiz
You, madam, are awesome.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS THINKING!! OMG THAT WOULD FUCKING FREAK ME OUT 😱
I noticed that Clover did only a few repeats with the words and phrases, almost seeming to go down a mental list of known vocabulary. Pretty neat.
African grays can speak 5000. I had a cockatoo that knew over a thousand words well. He spoke clearly most of the time.
This is the clearest I have heard a bird speak!!! 😯
she doesn't only speak, she even sounds like her owner!
She had your voice down perfectly. They are great mimics.
The way it emphasize's the words is incredible.
Teach him to say i can talk can you fly. He is amazing
Me talkin to myself copying the annoying stuff my mom says to me.😂😂😂
She'Myia Malone hi
🙄❤️
She'Myia Malone give me yo mail or phone number...wanna talk to yo
Hilarious comment I laughed my head off, all is us muttering to our parents.
@@lemburismollel2393 pervert find some real people.
Imagine a mother of a teenage daughter coming home, sifting through her mail and hearing her parrot say "I'm pregnant!" and "Don't tell mom" on repeat.
xthatwhiteguyx 😂😂😂 Omg,That Would Be Hilarious
imagine this bird copying sounds from pornhub or something.
Explain that to 'ye ol' wifey
GamingLife Do women really care if their husbands watch porn? Is that still a thing?
Some women consider it cheating on them, other women watch porn with and without their partners. It will always be a thing for some and not for others.
talking parrot
Sounds like a sibling rivalry going on here. This bird is impressive.
Clover was talking like he’s tired of taking shit from people... Lmaooo
Imagine telling someone secrets on the phone , he would give u up in a sec
That parrot sounds like a real person!
No da
African Grays are so amazing. I had one as a kid growing up, and he/she was insanely smart
BETTER than ANY Politician...😍😄😂He's LOVELY....
Thanks! And Clover is a "she"! :-)
Thanks for your support and 2 million views. Can't believe it. Way to go, Clover!
+Sharon Yildiz What is a boing?
Like yoghurt is an important word to learn!
+Sharon Yildiz You and your parrot is awesome!
2 million and still going.
+Jackson Jones It's a rope swing shaped like a spiral. They sell them for parrots to perch on.
It's funny how the bird seems to be talking to herself, saying what her owner would say to her.
its like shes rehashing her whole day, everyday.
When it gets to the part where the writing says, "Lets ^^^ an egg." I think she was saying, "Let's scramble an egg." She's so cute!
wow! she must get a lot of attention from her owner, considering how much the bird imitates her giving her things and taking her places. i loved the bit where she changed to the husband's voice, that's so cool.
I believe she said, "you are a doll".
I agree. When I posted this video years ago, I didn't listen carefully and missed some of the things she said. I added some using "captions," but you won't see them unless captions are on. I admit I turn them off on most videos, but they're useful here.
ADORABLE Y MARAVILLOSO PAJARITO
I love how they say all the things they love when their human’s say.
Now I want a parrot
Tragedies
I hope you get slot of experience, some can live up to 80 years. And sometimes hate being alone
I meant alot not slot :p
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Star Beast 80 years...
Star Beast
...or "a lot" since "alot" isn't a word.
my roommate can say, I don't have any rent money
Lmfao good one
does he still say that?
And "Let's go buy a lot of ketamine"
Nothing beats the talent of an African Grey. They are amazing.
it's really fantastic. it's an amazing bird . no doubt about the owner taking much care of the birdie. great work .
1:11
"Hmmm. . . Hello Miss Clover girl"
"Let's go on your boing."
A boing is the spiral-shaped rope perch visible at the beginning of the video. I didn't make up the word! :-)
Sharon Yildiz
Oh I know what is a boing, just being a silly guy while hearing that word. Well more so "immature" lol
I love how he imitates every family member lol!!
I got a baby Macaw when I lived in the Virgin Islands.We were together all the time so we called him Juni.
You are right. They need a lot of upkeep and attention. Mine was loving and spoke a few words, but nothing like the author off this video.Congratulations.
If I didn't see it... I wouldn't believe it...
!!!WOW!!! Clover you are awesome.!!!🐦
WOW! You lucky people! having such an incredible bird living with you! Give her a kiss from me! I am a real CLOVER FAN NOW!
.....And I STILL LOVE her to BITS xxxx Lesley
She's just having her own little conversation lol she's cute😄
Love you Clover ! 💕💕💕
That was a sports whistle toward the end there. Like from TV!
When I lived in Belize, we had a yellow headed parrot, named Maggie. A tourist had bought her and found out she couldn't take her back, so we ended up with her. Her first words were "Paula, HELP!" It took me a while to figure out who was saying it.LOL
She was also our watch dog, we had her cage outside, so when people approached she would say "Hello" or "Good Morning". Everything this lady said is true!! The attention, the toys, the poop, the food, and destroying your furniture is like living with a 2 year old for 35+ years. Maggie gave us lots of joy, especially when she sang songs, cause we sang a lot. However, we had to move back to the US and had to leave her behind with another couple.
Thanks for this great story. I did research in Costa Rica years ago, and knew a family with a yellow-head in the same situation. She hung out on a huge mango tree in the front yard by day, slept indoors, had baths and chatted with her people, who spent most of their time in the yard with her doing work and preparing food. Sorry you had to leave her behind, but glad you found a nice place for her. Parrots live a long time, even longer than horses. That's why both parrots and horses often have several owners during their lives... much more so than dogs or cats. I tried to raise Clover to be socialized and speak in a G-rated way just in case I ever left Turkey and would need to rehome her, and that turned out to be a good decision. With her tricks, talking and socialization, she was highly adoptable and landed a wonderful home.
okay, i read your summary above now let me tell you about Casper, my 17 yr old Congo African Grey Parrot my parents rescued after she had been abandoned. By the time she had been medically cleared and all fees were paid my folks had her for about $2500 and she still wears her leg band placed on her when they got her. She has been healthy and happy and precocious, social, loving, like a lapdog with feathers at times....but not ever once did anyone in our family ever consider pushing her to train for any show...she is very intelligent, has well over two hundred clearly spoken words and many completely thought out phrases she comes up with on her own. She is not simply a mimic, she is capable of thought and reason and she continues to surprise me daily. I inherited her a couple of years ago, and she has taken to me as if i am her mommy. She misses my dad who passed 12 yrs ago, when Casper was only about 4 or 5 yrs old. My mother is still alive and well but cannot care for the birds any longer so I have Casper and her roommates. My dad built an aviary for the birds and a huge cage customized for Casper and she is happy and loved and brilliant. But I have never once considered making a mockery of her.
Clover is brilliant.
I can understand this bird better than my neighbor.
It's so interesting that they can make human sounds I can't get over that lol
What's even freakier is that they sound EXACTLY like the person who they're mimicking. So people passing by the front window hearing a wolf whistle and a 'how you doing, sweetheart, give me a kiss' think it's ME instead of the bird. I got some weird looks from the neighbors when I first moved here. Now they're used to it, and they teach him words in polish which I don't understand. An old man who used to live next door died; every once in a while, I hear what sounds like his voice coming from my bird cage. It's a little unnerving.
Dee B o wow that's creepy! They sound like fun pets though even though I heard they can make A LOT of noise
The parrot family varies in how noisy they are; certain types tend to screech, others don't. African grays can screech but very rarely do so (haven't heard mine screech in years), however they have the capacity for high decibels at all kinds of sounds. If you want a relatively quiet parrot, get a pionus. I have one of those too, and other than his talking and whistling, he's virtually silent. NO screeching at all. BUT; he barks like a dog, so whenever someone walks by his window, I get the same noise that someone with a yappy mutt does. Lots of parrots learn to use english (or whatever language, or whatever sounds) to get what they want; when you respond in any way to a noise they can make, they learn to make that sound when they want the behavior that the sound gets you to do! So, just never respond in any way to a screech, make absolutely no response at all; don't yell, don't move or change your behavior in any way, and you'll get less screeching! People that get upset over screeching are actually giving the bird entertainment so the bird learns to get that entertainment by screeching. then he gets to see his human jump up and down and make noise too!
They aren't intrinsicly noisy; they don't usually screech on their own, but they learn other bird's sounds easily. So if you have another noisy bird, your gray will learn the 'noise'. And there's no way to know if a bird will talk. In discussions with other bird owners, it's possible that how you interact with your bird will determine how likely he is to talk. Treat him like a person, and maybe he'll act like a person. Remember, they only learn sounds (and words) that they want to. Make your bird want to talk to you and maybe he will. Talk to him all the time, as if you will be expecting an answer just like when you talk to another person. And if he sees you talking to another person, he'll get the idea that talking back is normal. I even had a lovebird that talked a little. So I believe it's not a question of if, but when they decide to talk.
Clover really likes her 'boing' xD
Thanks for enjoying this video over 9 million times so far! I love that y'all love talking parrots. I also love that so many of you are reading the description and deciding to enjoy parrot videos online without the pain and huge expense of actually getting your own parrot. (Unless you rescue--that's way cool!)
Is Clover in Istanbul right now? Clover is amazing.
Good talkers lovely African gray parrots
Omg this is so funny he's saying things that you say to him😂 like "get over here right now, cmon clover" xD
This is crazy. Within the last minute this parrot mimicked:
the wife offering breakfast
someone gulping a drink
the couple kissing, saying I love you, and goodbye
the husband's voice
the dog whining
the smoke alarm needing a new battery
the wife's angry voice
Hahaha hearing the parrot have an American accent is hilarious!
Seems to me like Clover has been a naughty birdy hahaha.