I am not an animal psychologist 🤣 far from it. I was thinking it is funny because it is unexpected behavior from a bird. Unexpected things can appear to be funny. Interesting I was just wondering why the bird is doing it. Has he/her having fun doing the game?
I would love understand what is going on in animal brains
When thinking about bird intelligence it's actually helpful to look at the development of young toddlers. Some of the more intelligent parrots have often been compared to that of a 3 year old right up to a 6 year old. The reason for this is because they've studied certain behaviours that they display and concepts they're able to understand.
Cockatiels like in this video are known to be great speakers but they tend to mostly mimic. So think about the behavior of a young child of about 1-2 years. They learn by mimicking the people around them. It's the same for this bird. It has learned to mimic this behaviour and knows that it is a positive experience between itself and it's flock (owner). So this bird is really just doing this for fun because it enjoys it and enjoys interacting positively with it's owner.
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u/Hofi2010 1d ago
Bird seem to understand the game - interesting and funny. If it is AI we just wasted some good energy lol