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TikTok Famous Parrot Breaks World Record For Identifying Objects
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By Ben Hooper
Aug. 7 (UPI) -- A TikTok- famous parrot from Florida earned a Guinness World Record by successfully identifying 12 objects in three minutes.
Apollo, a 4-year-old African gray parrot belong- ing to Dalton and Victoria "Tori" Mason, identified objects including a bug, a book and socks by name.
The Masons said Apollo's training is inspired by the methods outlined by Irene Pepperberg, an animal psychologist who spent 30 years working with a par- rot named Alex.
"Once he started to learn his first object labels, col- ors, and materials, we
knew that he would be able to achieve many of the incredible things that Alex did and potentially much more," the Masons said in a statement to Guinness World Records.
Apollo is a social media star, with 2.8 million follow- ers on TikTok of 2.8M fol- lowers and 1.37 million on YouTube.
Apollo's human parents said the bird is an ambas- sador for animals.
"Our mission is to spread awareness of the natural intelligence found in ani- mals. We hope that our title can change the mean- ing behind the phrase 'bird brain,'" they said.
A woman had bought lots of shoes over time and she decided it was time to kick the habit. She really took it seri- ously, even changing her driv- ing route to avoid her favorite shoe store. One evening, however, she arrived home carrying a shoe box. Her husband grinned at her, but it didn't faze her at all.
"These are very special shoes," she explained. "I accidentally drove by the shoe store and there in the window were the most perfect shoes I've ever seen! I felt this was no accident, so I thought I'd let fate decide. If I would get a park- ing spot directly in front of the shop, the shoes were meant for me. And sure enough, the eighth time around the block, there it was!"
“Oh no, not left- overs again!” complained my older sister when she saw the left- over meatloaf on the table from last night's supper.
“Young lady,” responded my father sternly, “do you know how many people would love to have a delicious supper like this? You should be ashamed of your- self. Now before we start eating I want to hear you say grace thank- ing the Lord for this delicious meal.”
“Thank you Lord for this delicious supper,” muttered my sister submis- sively, “....again!”
Murphy and his wife went for a stroll in the park. They sit down on a bench to rest for awhile. Soon they overhear voices coming from a secluded spot nearby.
Suddenly, Mrs. Murphy realizes that a young man is about to pro- pose. Not wanting to be eavesdrop- ping during such an intimate moment, she gen- tly nudges her husband and whispers, "Whistle, to let that young couple know that some-
one can hear them."
To which Murphy replies, "Whistle? Why should I whistle? Nobody whistled to warn me?"
Sarah was read- ing a newspaper, while her hus- band was engrossed in a magazine. Suddenly, she burst out laugh- ing. "Listen to this," she said. "There's a classi- fied ad here where a guy is offering to swap his wife for a sea- son ticket to the stadium."
"Hmmm," her husband said, not looking up from his magazine.
Teasing him, Sarah said, "Would you swap me for a season ticket?"
"Absolutely not," he said.
"How sweet," Sarah said. "Tell me why not."
"Season's almost half over," he said.
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