it’s crazy how when he starts doing something he’s not supposed to, like climbing the window, he says “apollo stop” because that’s what he associates with that activity
Funny thing is for animals sometimes that’s a cue to continue. Like “hey this gets everyone yelling and gets me lots of attention, yay!” I did an internship at the zoo, we weren’t to speak to the orangutans unless the keepers gave the okay because if you talk to them when they’re doing something they’re not supposed to do they *start doing it harder*.
Forget watching it too much, my husband and I started using shrock in every day conversation since the first time we heard it, it's forever part of our vocabulary. We've been shrocked to the core!
😂😂😂 We had a mockingbird in the neighborhood who could make lawn mower sounds. Mockingbirds often call at night, and hearing your neighbor start a lawnmower after 10 pm took some getting used to! 😱
Not even at full volume, but louder than full volume 😂 my grandparents' African Grey imitated their bathroom sounds. The bathroom was upstairs, he was downstairs, but he imitated their mouthwash gargling and spitting out a lot louder than the original sounds were (presumably). Which was hilarious, especially when he did this in the garden for all the neighbours to hear. 😂😂😂
@@zakariamebrahtu1474 wow such venom what you gonna do forget about me and go do something else like the instinctive inattentive dog you pretend and make excuses to be.
Birds are little context machines, they know the sound is related to the action but they dont really understand the relationship. So he's showing what he knows and letting you know he understands it! Learning everything he can from you
@@Joural0401 They can associate feelings with words too! This is incredible, it is common to see mainly parrots and cockatoos, cursing when something scares them, or when they are restless, they're really intelligent, I am always impressed seeing the capacity of these little beings
@TheRedstonian I thought that too, especially when he also had quite a few interludes of saying clock with "car" sounding words (caw, mostly), like he knew there was a word for it that sounded like clock so he was working at it.
I realised what he was doing. He was curious what this new sound his friend was making. The percussion drill was hammering away, and it made a good Rrrrrrrrrrchk and he associated the noise with the words of clock. He kept asking whats this trying to understand what he was hearing from a human perspective. And getting largely ignored by his favorite human, he was overstimulated and a bit bored and entertaining himself and trying to learn something new.
5:55 I think you own animal crossing and this parrot was mimicking the "opening your inventory to grab a slingshot to shoot down a balloon" to UNCANNY accuracy. Even down to the animalese.
It’s hilarious how many times you would see him stare at the camera, plot to take off and land on it and then actually do it. He is so much like a toddler in many ways.
I love how it's clear he's learning to associate certain sounds with certain actions, even when he's alone, while obviously having no idea about others and just randomly verbalizing.
and that's exactly what happens for a lot of people that don't do their research. hopefully people will start to learn more about parrots over time! they're amazing, but it takes a VERY particular kind of person to essentially handle an eternal toddler (that can fly everywhere!!!) for 10 (small parrots) to up to 80 years. i love birds, but i don't think i'll ever consider more than a cockatiel
My first introduction to a Grey was a friend in Jr high. Her dad was working in Africa and paid a kid to climb up a tree to get him. So not only did we have the conversational vocabulary he would also do all the sounds of the jungle. It was awesome. He was a great bird.
Thank you for bringing this carefully cared for, and carefully taught Apollo to us all. I knew nothing at all about what it takes to teach, work and live with such as Apollo until I found you online. Now, I eagerly search or await everything you share. I have been retired from teaching Early Childhood Sp. Ed. for several years, but now find myself mostly in bed, on hospice care. What you are doing and how you are doing it are near perfection! I find myself imagining the incredible language skills and learning your Apollo will have made in his lifetime, with you two in charge!
I have a great admiration for teachers, particularly those in Special Education. Due to my ADHD, I don't think I could ever tolerate a teaching career, especially with young children, as I tend to be impatient, but I imagine it's an incredibly rewarding job. Thank you for your years of service in education and your dedication to supporting young students with special needs. Your impact is appreciated. I hope you have been doing well since posting this.
i think it’s neat the way apollo stabilizes himself at 3:54 even though the perch is rocking back and forth wildly, if you look closely at apollo he stays basically in the same place
Him continuously flying to the camera is so funny, mostly because my birds are the exact same way. They'll decide they want to land on me, and no matter how many times I untangle them from my hair and put them on their perch, they come back. Mine are cockatiels though
@@HansWurst1569 You obviously have absolutely no knowledge of or experience with African Greys. They're not your typical parrot. They actually learn like a small child and have the comprehension of about a 5yr old. You can carry on a conversation with them. Most are pranksters and will laugh when they 'get' you or whoever their target is.
@@HansWurst1569given that he can associate certain words to certain material, and sounds, i'd say it's slightly more then mimicking. No doubt a lot of it is mimicking and the man just having fun, but saying it's all just mindless mimicry is taking credit away from the lad. He may not understand 100% everything he is saying, but who would expect him to. Bits and pieces though? Id bet.
What a cutie pie!! He literally is practicing his words on his own - awwwww!! He is just SO intelligent and awfully spunky today while watching Dad outside, 😘💕
He literally lets his subconscious inner voice just express itself. He is chewing on the window, but in his head he knows he's been told to Not chew the window but he still chews the window while expressing his subconscious thoughts that he should stop lol it's such a free spirited way to live and express himself. Haha the "Fire" reminds me of Beavis and Butt-Head lol haha fire
@@tallic967 Because in what real world does something like that happen? Also it literally is in the plot of one of the Ace Attorney cases (In the episode 'Turnabout Goodbyes'). I doubted this actually happened irl because I have watched this ace attorney episode and this type of thing is so outlandish I doubted it for a but until it got confirmed.
He mimics both your voices in this video so well. Amazing how many tones he can say. So fascinating to watch him just talk away. Does he talk literally all day long or does he have his moments when he talks a lot and then stops? I have an Amazon and he doesn’t talk or make noises all day long he has his moments and other times he quiet for awhile until something happens that’s not normal.
I love that he reversed, cocked his shotgun and then fired. So clever, and I'd definitely get a parrot if I didn't have two children at 5 and 9 (so already more than enough lol).
I appreciate seeing your birdy at the window, watching you fix the car & going over to explain what you've got & what you're doing. Will help when Apollo has to one day repair his car
This is one of the videos of Apollo that amazes me the most. When he says "I saw it Apollo, look this is the bird outside" I feel like I can see emotion in him and that hes imitating being the bird outside the window and he makes the pcheww noise sort of bragging how he nailed the pose. Its remarkable how he seems to understand things like this, and he said I saw it Apollo meaning he saw the fire when Dalton showed him in the past and he knows what it is. I think he shows off to the camera because he knows when he sees it it means he should show off his skills.
He's using words he knows and sounds and phrases to ask what is going on outside. He keeps saying What's this and it's a rock and making the jittery sound of the impact wrench
I can't wait for the day he creates his own fully complete sentence without prompt, like 'How has your day been'. Or says something like yes or no or please or thank you or sorry. I'm so excited for this bird.
Apollo is a hyper active toddler who loves playing, is entretained by virtually everything and just started saying words and he _loves it_ Thank heavens he doesn't have opposable thumbs, or else he would be a menace.
My adhd brought me here. My love for Apollo kept me here. I have 2 little cockatiels and they keep me busy. Apollo is so precious and perfect. Thank you for sharing
I like the random letter sounds just strung together in any old order, interspersed with actual phrases and words. Humans wouldn't normally think of doing this.
I think I broke my face, this made me smile so hard. I had the honor of taking in my mothers' African Grey, "Chaco" after she passed away in 2017. And in the five years that he was with us, I feel like I had earned the trust of this brilliant bird. which is one of my proudest accomplishments in life.. He died last year, we think that he was around 40 years old. Thanks for uploading these videos. You guys are doing something right ! He's a good looking bird and obviously very happy.
I know I'm 2 days late but from what I can tell he was a good bird who lived a long and good life. I hope you are doing alright and aren't too upset about your mother passing. After all you were there for a good amount of his life, 5 years can seem like eternity when looking after a pet Owning a bird can be very tiring at some times. It's a long time commitment and can be hard to do. So I would be very proud of yourself for helping him live to the age of 40-ish! (I'm sorry if it is hard to read. im dyslexic as well as autistic and writing isn't my strong suit-)
Such a way with words. I especially love his take on the fall of the byzantine empire. The latin poetry in the end was quite an excellent way to conclude. It cause me to such elation. Such bold ideas can revolutionize the field of ancient history.
I love the practicing what they have learned and are learning every single day. I sit back and listen and laugh so hard when Dude begins his daily practicing. He does it every single day, in many different voices, different sounds, & is so smart.
Sometimes Apollo makes a chirp or a scream and then I remember he's a bird and not just an unhinged toddler
From what I hear, those two things are not mutually exclusive when it comes to birds.
all birds are unhinged toddlers
Implying there are hinged toddlers
@@fnln3011 there's no other way to describe them lmao
Technically his species of bird can have the mind of a toddler so you are technically right
it’s crazy how when he starts doing something he’s not supposed to, like climbing the window, he says “apollo stop” because that’s what he associates with that activity
Funny thing is for animals sometimes that’s a cue to continue. Like “hey this gets everyone yelling and gets me lots of attention, yay!”
I did an internship at the zoo, we weren’t to speak to the orangutans unless the keepers gave the okay because if you talk to them when they’re doing something they’re not supposed to do they *start doing it harder*.
That’s my cat! When I say no she just rushes to do it faster.
You know you’ve been watching Apollo too much when every now and then you just randomly say “sshhhrock” to yourself
@@Emmagiraffeness so trueee
@@Emmagiraffeness glassk
Whenever I eat pistachios now, I tell myself before every pistachio:
“I’m ready to earn a pistash”
Forget watching it too much, my husband and I started using shrock in every day conversation since the first time we heard it, it's forever part of our vocabulary. We've been shrocked to the core!
@@BobbyFischer-un3hw So very very true. 🥲
If you're not careful you're going to wind up with a bird that can mimic a torque wrench at full volume at 3:00am.
😂😂😂 We had a mockingbird in the neighborhood who could make lawn mower sounds. Mockingbirds often call at night, and hearing your neighbor start a lawnmower after 10 pm took some getting used to! 😱
At 3am he should be asleep 🙂
I want one that can mimic an MRI machine
@@nuclearcatbaby1131 🙉🙉🙉
Not even at full volume, but louder than full volume 😂 my grandparents' African Grey imitated their bathroom sounds. The bathroom was upstairs, he was downstairs, but he imitated their mouthwash gargling and spitting out a lot louder than the original sounds were (presumably). Which was hilarious, especially when he did this in the garden for all the neighbours to hear. 😂😂😂
I love when he goes "this is a--" and then just fades into nothing bc he didn't think that far ahead lmao
he forgor 💀
@@kaxcommentssomethingREAL adhd vibes, so relatable
@@Dionaea_M such excuses it's quite old and annoying.
@@erueka6such unnecessary comment. It's quite old and annoying.
@@zakariamebrahtu1474 wow such venom what you gonna do forget about me and go do something else like the instinctive inattentive dog you pretend and make excuses to be.
I love how he was chewing the window, and he knows exactly that is something he shouldn't be doing, and he goes like "Apollo Stop"
He thinks he found a loophole if he yells at himself first 😂
my bird rats himself out like that too lol i hear him say "stop it" and i know hes up to no good 😂
Birds are little context machines, they know the sound is related to the action but they dont really understand the relationship. So he's showing what he knows and letting you know he understands it! Learning everything he can from you
@@exotixblizzy7149 "I said APOLLO STOP first, it means i have the power now"
@@Joural0401 They can associate feelings with words too! This is incredible, it is common to see mainly parrots and cockatoos, cursing when something scares them, or when they are restless, they're really intelligent, I am always impressed seeing the capacity of these little beings
"Apollo, _stop"_ as he keeps doing it is just me to myself when I eat an entire bag of chips
Me when I eat
M O O D
Stop doin da corn!!!
8:34 He says "lemme see your foot", then shows his foot and says "it's here, look".
I know right, that was so cute 😂
Bird feet are adorable. I love Apollo so much
"You chew corn, eh?" Most devastating insult of all time.
10:08
@@zackcash4941 🤣🤣🤣🤣
“Stop doing the corn” is my new favourite sentence
🤣🤣🤣
I like the "ur a clock" one
Mine is
TickTockTickTock
Clock
PEW
PEW
me when my family members keep trying to put corn into every dish at thanksgiving
mine too! I laugh a lot with it!
I love how he says “fire” all innocent and happy and then keeps getting increasingly menacing with his tone
Predicting the future
They probably shouldn't let him watch Beavis and Butt-Head so much. 🔥🔥
For real, I know. I started dying. I think he peeked into hell for a second. 😂
@@charaunofficial8:52
The constant explosion noises and the bomb dropping whistle while he's working on the car 😂
3:11
"Ass Perch" sounds exactly like what a bird would call a chair.
almost expected it to become „Asperger‘s“…
I laughed at this harder than I should have.
He did mention he was ready to go back
@@mitchellbarton7915 same! 😂
😂
So fascinating to watch him practice, he seems to really like the word "clock" and it's hilarious how he says it with different emphasis
Honestly, this is a bit of a stretch, but he might be talking about the tires on the car when he talks about "Clock"!
And S H R O C K
@TheRedstonian I thought that too, especially when he also had quite a few interludes of saying clock with "car" sounding words (caw, mostly), like he knew there was a word for it that sounded like clock so he was working at it.
@@Dummy-idk shurrock
I realised what he was doing. He was curious what this new sound his friend was making. The percussion drill was hammering away, and it made a good Rrrrrrrrrrchk and he associated the noise with the words of clock. He kept asking whats this trying to understand what he was hearing from a human perspective. And getting largely ignored by his favorite human, he was overstimulated and a bit bored and entertaining himself and trying to learn something new.
I love the part where Apollo tells himself to stop while he eats the window.
no, when he says "stop chewing the chord" while he watches a little chord he cannot reach just because he HAD the thought off chewing it lmaoooo
@@Dionaea_M he says "corn" not "chord"
He did say "stop chewing the cord" at one point.
You can hear both Tori and Dalton’s voices in his own voice and words
I love it
Same, it shows they’re both teachers to apollo
Pepping himself with "Alright, Apollo" is the sweetest thing.
5:38 had me in stitches. Telling himself off.
Also “stop doing the corn”? 🤣
Never ever do the Corn. Just don't
Not even once
Even parots complaining about that stale corn tiktok meme.
@@simdal3088 ?
I think it was supposed to be "stop chewing the cord" haha.
This is a certified clock moment
"Apollo, stop" *he says to himself and does it anyway*
Relatable. I did exactly the same one other day, when I said to myself I should stop, then proceeded to eat one more candy.
10:10 "You chew corn, eh?" I love how he sounds like a mob boss
5:55 I think you own animal crossing and this parrot was mimicking the "opening your inventory to grab a slingshot to shoot down a balloon" to UNCANNY accuracy. Even down to the animalese.
oh my god youre right
Wait, the heck-- That's so cool!!
555 lol
Oh my god-
Y E A. H
That's a dangerous job to be doing right next to Apollo, he might learn a new "forbidden sound" hahah
It’s hilarious how many times you would see him stare at the camera, plot to take off and land on it and then actually do it. He is so much like a toddler in many ways.
I mean he is an African gray parrot, which are proven to have toddler level intelligence
When he says "Ready?" and then just jumpst.
"Dalton wrecked my car." As I suspected, Tori is the brains behind the memey channel content. Dalton is just the bird wrangler.
Timestamp?
@@Spork0 It's in the description.
yeah well….. that’s a lot to wrangle every day! patience of a saint!
Actually the birb is the Dalton Wrangler
I love how it's clear he's learning to associate certain sounds with certain actions, even when he's alone, while obviously having no idea about others and just randomly verbalizing.
He’s really out here practicing to perfect his English. He’s a smart cookie
Thanks! The birds are awesome. Your patience is endless ... Apollo rocks!
And he shrocks too.
Or you can say he absolutely SHROCKS!
letter k
Can I have 50 bucks?
@@Keychan64 u can have tippa
"You chew corn, eh?" -- that one really got me.
0:43 blew my mind. He tries to say block but accidentally says bloch, and then reminds himself that block ends in k. Crazyyyy
Shrock must be an all time Apollo's favourite word 😂
Shamrock
I thought he was talking about Shrek.
@@Joe-pi9bxHe knows both Shrek and rock, but he likes Shrock
I never knew I loved Schrock until I met Apollo.
Shhhhrock 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
"It's not corn... it's a side of corn."
Truly wise words
"STOP DOIN' THE CORN"
-Apollo
My cat is absolutely hyperfocused on the TV like I've never seen before. Good job capturing his attention Apollo
The car alarm noise freaked my cat out too. 😄
I love watching these videos but I'm pretty sure living with Apollo would drive me up the wall.
People who own these birds are a special breed!
and that's exactly what happens for a lot of people that don't do their research. hopefully people will start to learn more about parrots over time! they're amazing, but it takes a VERY particular kind of person to essentially handle an eternal toddler (that can fly everywhere!!!) for 10 (small parrots) to up to 80 years.
i love birds, but i don't think i'll ever consider more than a cockatiel
@@nbkarkatA flying eternal toddler equipped with pliers 😂
I have seen this a few times and just noticed that Apollo correctly identifies his own foot😮❤
3:12 The word of the day is "Ass perch".
Hahaha
I love Apollo...his vocabulary is huge including those mysterious sounds..too much..
Exactly
My first introduction to a Grey was a friend in Jr high. Her dad was working in Africa and paid a kid to climb up a tree to get him. So not only did we have the conversational vocabulary he would also do all the sounds of the jungle. It was awesome. He was a great bird.
6:30 “Aughh I guess I died, alright”
WTF LMAO 😂🤣
Hearing video gameplay?
@@syzygyinsyzygy what if Dalton was playing Overwatch 2 and Apollo heard him say that
Hearing your bird say fire 5 times would freak me out lmao
"WHAT FIRE APPOLLO???"
8:35 is my favorite, he's so smart
It’s scarily good
Thank you for bringing this carefully cared for, and carefully taught Apollo to us all. I knew nothing at all about what it takes to teach, work and live with such as Apollo until I found you online. Now, I eagerly search or await everything you share. I have been retired from teaching Early Childhood Sp. Ed. for several years, but now find myself mostly in bed, on hospice care. What you are doing and how you are doing it are near perfection! I find myself imagining the incredible language skills and learning your Apollo will have made in his lifetime, with you two in charge!
I have a great admiration for teachers, particularly those in Special Education. Due to my ADHD, I don't think I could ever tolerate a teaching career, especially with young children, as I tend to be impatient, but I imagine it's an incredibly rewarding job. Thank you for your years of service in education and your dedication to supporting young students with special needs. Your impact is appreciated. I hope you have been doing well since posting this.
i think it’s neat the way apollo stabilizes himself at 3:54
even though the perch is rocking back and forth wildly, if you look closely at apollo he stays basically in the same place
And then he hocks a loogey
Him continuously flying to the camera is so funny, mostly because my birds are the exact same way. They'll decide they want to land on me, and no matter how many times I untangle them from my hair and put them on their perch, they come back. Mine are cockatiels though
He’s so amazing!!! I can’t wait to see how smart he is in a couple of years. He’s so young and already smart as hell 😊
Exactly
It mimics sounds its heard before, they dont actually talk or understand any of it.
@@HansWurst1569
You obviously have absolutely no knowledge of or experience with African Greys. They're not your typical parrot. They actually learn like a small child and have the comprehension of about a 5yr old. You can carry on a conversation with them. Most are pranksters and will laugh when they 'get' you or whoever their target is.
@@HansWurst1569given that he can associate certain words to certain material, and sounds, i'd say it's slightly more then mimicking. No doubt a lot of it is mimicking and the man just having fun, but saying it's all just mindless mimicry is taking credit away from the lad. He may not understand 100% everything he is saying, but who would expect him to. Bits and pieces though? Id bet.
you better watch apollo with how much determination he said "fire" with...
Watching him do something he knows he isn't supposed to do while telling himself to stop is the most relatable thing I've ever seen.
What a cutie pie!! He literally is practicing his words on his own - awwwww!! He is just SO intelligent and awfully spunky today while watching Dad outside, 😘💕
He literally lets his subconscious inner voice just express itself. He is chewing on the window, but in his head he knows he's been told to Not chew the window but he still chews the window while expressing his subconscious thoughts that he should stop lol it's such a free spirited way to live and express himself. Haha the "Fire" reminds me of Beavis and Butt-Head lol haha fire
Imagine how scary it would be if Apollo suddenly said "we'll come back tommorow night" in a voice they've never heard before
@@maryland9987 This was an ace attorney case
@@treyara4852 no it’s a real case actually. A wife killed her husband and the bird was used as evidence. Pretty insane
@@makisbizarreadventure4669 Wait it's a real thing??? That's so bizarre. Damn
@@treyara4852 Somebody: Comments about a real criminal case
You: Bro that was like so Ace Attorney
@@tallic967 Because in what real world does something like that happen? Also it literally is in the plot of one of the Ace Attorney cases (In the episode 'Turnabout Goodbyes'). I doubted this actually happened irl because I have watched this ace attorney episode and this type of thing is so outlandish I doubted it for a but until it got confirmed.
5:48 "STOP DOIN THE CORN 😠"
DONT. DO. THE. GODDAMN. CORN.
He mimics both your voices in this video so well. Amazing how many tones he can say. So fascinating to watch him just talk away. Does he talk literally all day long or does he have his moments when he talks a lot and then stops? I have an Amazon and he doesn’t talk or make noises all day long he has his moments and other times he quiet for awhile until something happens that’s not normal.
I love that he reversed, cocked his shotgun and then fired. So clever, and I'd definitely get a parrot if I didn't have two children at 5 and 9 (so already more than enough lol).
He is the chatterbox of the neighborhood. I love it when he says ready so you can be prepared 😅
I appreciate seeing your birdy at the window, watching you fix the car & going over to explain what you've got & what you're doing. Will help when Apollo has to one day repair his car
Aww he's so busy in his little head! Good practicing, Apollo!😍 I love how he was terrified of the little shopping cart but not of the camera/ tripod 🤣
This is one of the videos of Apollo that amazes me the most. When he says "I saw it Apollo, look this is the bird outside" I feel like I can see emotion in him and that hes imitating being the bird outside the window and he makes the pcheww noise sort of bragging how he nailed the pose. Its remarkable how he seems to understand things like this, and he said I saw it Apollo meaning he saw the fire when Dalton showed him in the past and he knows what it is. I think he shows off to the camera because he knows when he sees it it means he should show off his skills.
He's using words he knows and sounds and phrases to ask what is going on outside. He keeps saying What's this and it's a rock and making the jittery sound of the impact wrench
I walk around my own apartment.. "want a pistach?" "Want a psnack" Boyfriend thought I lost my mind until I showed him Apollo. 🤣
Black, purple, shrock...
Rrr-rawk
Me too! I'm on the spectrum, I can't stop saying "what colour" and "what made of?"
@@rachelpainter3575 me walking around muttering gllllass to myself😄
@@rachelpainter3575 Funny you mention that, because it turns out Dr. Pepperberg’s work was used to help teach autistic kids.
Lol Apollo is so alarmed at the air wrench
“Stop doing the corn.” 🌽
"You chew corn, eh?"🌽
I bet that must be fun in the middle of the night... "Dalton... fire... fire... FIRE..."
him slowly turning towards the camera while repeating "fire" is just perfect
This constantly pops up in my feed, and the thumbnail alone makes me laugh every time.
The randoms chirps and pops, and laser gun noises are so cute and funny. He is such a smart, interesting little fella
My favorite is when he recites you asking “what is this? It’s a…” 😂 especially in this one sounding out the letters. Thank you for sharing.
I can't wait for the day he creates his own fully complete sentence without prompt, like 'How has your day been'. Or says something like yes or no or please or thank you or sorry. I'm so excited for this bird.
8:45 makes me chuckle so hard his little head is so cute
fall
@@ojd9145 cope
I love the little "Oh's" he makes 😂😂 so precious
I get the impression he isn't allowed to chew the corn. LOL
He's really trying to figure out the drill sound.
Apollo wants to put air in your brake lines
Also - half and half mix of acetone and ATF works wonders for stuck bolts
me and my dog greatly appreciated this video my dogs eyes were completely glued to the screen for 10 minutes
Apollo is a hyper active toddler who loves playing, is entretained by virtually everything and just started saying words and he _loves it_
Thank heavens he doesn't have opposable thumbs, or else he would be a menace.
The built in pliers are sufficient for mayhem 😂
Man he loves that camera. It’s like he’s debating the whole time wether he wants to stay perched or on the camera
The transcript is hysterical! Such a good boy!
Its Funny How he was saying random Stuff then hears a loud sound stops mid sentence and is like "What the hell is that" 😂 4:36
I love how he works through his English pronunciation skills 🙂
Apollo cracks me up, he's such a serious bird. He definitely knows how to test the water. Much love for training such a smartbird.
Awh daddies busy so he's pretending to be the teacher lmao, it's so cute "What's this? What color?" Hahaha
I love listening to him practicing his sounds. Smart little man. Makes me feel less weird for doing the same thing 😭
Apollo is just a sentient soundboard XD
I love how he scolds himself when he knows hes doing something wrong like trying to open the window, and then he stops doing it 💀
Every “pew” made me smile bigger and bigger. This man a gunslinger
at 4:02 he does the SPIT NOISE. So funny. I don't think Tori taught him that.
In the comments of another video, somebody said Apollo was kept in a dentist's office for a while, so it may have come from there
KHAAAAAAH ptew
He’s heard “what’s this” so much that he can now perfectly say it
Thank you for loving these beautiful birds.
My adhd brought me here. My love for Apollo kept me here. I have 2 little cockatiels and they keep me busy. Apollo is so precious and perfect. Thank you for sharing
I like the random letter sounds just strung together in any old order, interspersed with actual phrases and words. Humans wouldn't normally think of doing this.
I think I broke my face, this made me smile so hard. I had the honor of taking in my mothers' African Grey, "Chaco" after she passed away in 2017. And in the five years that he was with us, I feel like I had earned the trust of this brilliant bird. which is one of my proudest accomplishments in life.. He died last year, we think that he was around 40 years old.
Thanks for uploading these videos. You guys are doing something right ! He's a good looking bird and obviously very happy.
I know I'm 2 days late but from what I can tell he was a good bird who lived a long and good life.
I hope you are doing alright and aren't too upset about your mother passing. After all you were there for a good amount of his life, 5 years can seem like eternity when looking after a pet
Owning a bird can be very tiring at some times. It's a long time commitment and can be hard to do.
So I would be very proud of yourself for helping him live to the age of 40-ish!
(I'm sorry if it is hard to read. im dyslexic as well as autistic and writing isn't my strong suit-)
Thanks and very kind of you to say this.@@atlas587 By the way, your writing suits you very well. Cheers :)
Such a way with words. I especially love his take on the fall of the byzantine empire.
The latin poetry in the end was quite an excellent way to conclude. It cause me to such elation.
Such bold ideas can revolutionize the field of ancient history.
i love how he says stuff like "what color?", "what is this?", and "what's it made of?" because thats how he was trained
"Apollo stop stop doing the corn!" Got me dieing from laughing
I love the practicing what they have learned and are learning every single day. I sit back and listen and laugh so hard when Dude begins his daily practicing. He does it every single day, in many different voices, different sounds, & is so smart.
Boy, he does a really good "BEEP" sound! He's so much fun to watch.
10:15 got me. He's like "You ready for me to f up your day?" lmao
5:30
"I'm ready to go. Bye!" As if he's gonna go somewhere, but nope, he just asks for a "step up" instead.
A step up is where he'd step up on a finger, which often leads to him going somewhere else.
I can tell this bird is loved! 🥰
i watched this entire thing, and am absolutely amazed :D
8:49 sounds like
Don't, don't fire...
fire
Fire
_Fire_
_F i r e_
_F I R E_
And then
"Look, this is the bird outside... *Pew*"
Apollo revealing how many dad noises are in the household
😂
Aww apollo ❤. Its interesting to see him by himself without interaction. Hes so smart he just gets bored without anything to do.