OF SOCIAL THE BENEFITS

How did the parrots learn how to call the others?

The caretakers of the parrots taught the birds to associate touching a bell with touching another bird's profile photo to start the call After frequently doing this, the parrots learned the faces of the birds that they were friendliest with and called them more than others.

The team that ran the study hope that video calling could be the new future for solitary parrots as they are extremely intelligent birds and extroverted animals

What does this all mean?

You may be reading this article and asking yourself, who cares? But I think this news story says a lot about what we have in common with animals and birds, and those commonalities are probably more extensive than we think. If you have a pet, you may find yourself talking to it, feeling connected to them in some way – you may even consider them a friend. So perhaps this trivial news story is not so trivial after all – we all need social interaction in our lives, and this applies to the animal kingdom too.