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00:00 (whistles)

00:01 Yeah, come on over. Come on out.

00:03 Having captured his owner's attention, he can practice another skill.

00:07 It's not easy being green.

00:10 It's not easy being green. It's not easy being green.

00:15 Mimicry isn't as unnatural as it seems.

00:18 Wild parakeets mimic each other, and each family learns their own distinct calls.

00:24 Never shake a baby bird. That would surely be absurd.

00:28 Never shake a baby bird. That would surely be absurd.

00:32 This budgie is just doing what he would do in the flock.

00:36 (whistles)

00:38 That a parakeet? What is it?

00:40 A three-and-a-half-bird that talks? That's not important right now.

00:44 Even having a name may not be as unnatural as it seems.

00:48 I'm Disco, and I know it. I'm Disco, and I know it.

00:54 Are you not a crook? My name is Disco.

00:58 Wild parrots have been shown to assign special calls to name their offspring,

01:02 just as we name our own pet budgies.

01:05 Baby bird. Disco baby bird. Cute big bird.

01:09 In turn, young parrots learn these names and use them to introduce themselves.

01:16 Are you not a crook? My name is Disco.

01:20 This extraordinary ability may mean that Disco has a sense of his own identity.

01:25 It certainly seems so at times.

01:28 Disco baby.

01:31 Talking is now a game, a way to express wild behavior in the confines of his home.

01:36 (whistles)

01:39 A cat. Meow. Meow. (kissing)

01:42 Give me a kiss. (kissing)

01:44 A kitty cat has cheeseburger.

01:47 Are you a little stork or a story trooper?

01:50 Disco, I used to be a spy. Not a parakeet.

01:54 I'm a doctor, not a parakeet.

01:57 I did it! I'm a doctor.

01:59 (laughing)

02:01 Disco has memorized over 130 phrases in all.

02:05 (kissing)

02:07 Maytage is bigger the inside. Maytage bigger the inside.