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[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.dbzer0.com 84 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's crucial that you walk in without fear, because the animals can smell fear and will devour you

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 40 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 10 months ago

The store clerks are actually flocks of parrots in trenchcoats

[–] jopepa@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

lol and is your real name anythony but you go by Hony?

[–] Aremel@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I think it's a spin on the name Tony Hawk, a famous skateboarder.

[–] jopepa@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Of the Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2 Fortune?

[–] Aremel@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] variants@possumpat.io 1 points 10 months ago

And nofx's punk in drublic?

[–] MrsDoyle@lemmy.world 33 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I actually knew someone who died of that parrot disease. Psittacosis? He caught it off a budgie.

Here it is: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psittacosis

[–] EfreetSK@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Holy moly, and I was thinking about buying a parrot to my daughter ...

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (3 children)

There's a better reason not to do that. They can live over 70 years.

[–] nevemsenki@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Depends on the bird type. Budgies live for about 7-15 years, for example.

[–] yamanii@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

I thought people wanted their pets to live as long them?

[–] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Within reason. Long lived animals can get the same sort of neurological diseases that humans do, but without the advantage of language and healthcare.

It’s bad enough when Nana goes senile, but it’s even worse when all she can do is screech, claw, and bite at you, and there are no teams of professionals to help. That’s life with an elderly parrot.

[–] ThunderclapSasquatch@startrek.website 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Shit, my family won't able to tell the difference regarding my grandmother's old bird, fucker was born mean

[–] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago

You might be too if your wings were confined to a cage. It’s the ball and chain of the avian world.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

That is a pet that has a good chance of outliving you. If you have to will your pet to someone else, you probably shouldn't get that pet. The same reason why I told my 80-year-old mother not to get a dog. She didn't listen to me. At least she didn't will the dog to me.

[–] NeuronautML@lemmy.ml 0 points 10 months ago

Honestly i always found it cruel to own a bird as a pet. Birds are meant to fly. All bird owners just either keep their birds in a cage or chained up all the time. They never get to fly their whole lives, or they'd fly away. Imagine being born with your upper limbs with the purpose of flying and never doing it because someone needs a pet bird.

[–] LuckyBoy@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Dont, they cling to one owner, they live a lot of time and they need a lot of socialization. Its not a humane pet to have.

[–] modifier@lemmy.ca 27 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Parrots were about 6 or 7X their current size back in those days, so it was irresponsible for this shop to have ever hosted them.

[–] MashedTech@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] Rusty@lemmy.ca 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

PARROTS WERE ABOUT 6 OR 7X THEIR CURRENT SIZE BACK IN THOSE DAYS, SO IT WAS IRRESPONSIBLE FOR THIS SHOP TO HAVE EVER HOSTED THEM.

[–] coffeeaddict@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

Sorry, can't hear you.

[–] bonezey@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Thanks. Was about to ask because I did not get it and thought it's an US thing.

[–] Someone64@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I hope you’re joking but if you’re not, it’s not true.

[–] bonezey@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Why should I be joking?

[–] Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 19 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] niktemadur@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

A palindrome of Bolton is Notlob, it don't work, mate.

[–] basxto@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 10 months ago

That’s "emergency praise" in German.

[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

What's a guy gotta do to get himself a Norwegian Blue?

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

'E's not pinin'! 'E's passed on! This parrot is no more! He has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker! 'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed 'im to the perch 'e'd be pushing up the daisies! 'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E's off the twig! 'E's kicked the bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisible!! THIS IS AN EX-PARROT!!

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Beautiful plumage!

[–] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] variants@possumpat.io 2 points 10 months ago

I recently watched a documentary about the bird attack on Bodega Bay

[–] Mango@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago