Among birds, parrots are a type of birds that love to sing and imitate, and parrots are also a relatively common bird, with about 350 kinds of parrots in the world, but some species of parrots are also relatively rare and rare. Recently, in the home of a resident in Yangpu, Shanghai, a gray parrot flew in, at first the resident Mr. Zhang thought it was an ordinary parrot, after checking the information, he learned that the identity of this parrot is not simple.
According to the resident Mr. Zhang, after the gray parrot flew in, it was not afraid of people, and it was very close to people, and the biscuits, peanuts and other foods fed by the residents, this parrot opened its mouth to swallow, and this parrot greeted humans, and soon had an answer, would say good morning, imitating people with strong ability to speak.
In order to confirm the breed of this parrot, after the residents checked the information, the parrot was most likely an African grey parrot, which is a very rare parrot species, and the residents quickly notified the wildlife department. After the arrival of the staff of the wildlife protection department, it was clearly confirmed that the parrot was indeed an African grey parrot, which had been listed in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, was an endangered species, and was equivalent to a protected animal at the national level in the country.
In the African grey parrot, their population habitat is mainly distributed in central and western Africa, but because this parrot has a very strong ability to imitate speech, not only will imitate human sounds, but also imitate the sounds of other animals, so the African grey parrot is captured in large quantities and transported to many countries as a pet bird, so the parrot that flies into the homes of residents should also be artificially raised, so it will not be afraid of people.
The rapid decline in the population of the wild African grey parrot is due to the large number of catches and trades in international trade every year, which has led to a sharp decline in their populations and is already an endangered species. In order to protect this rare parrot, it is illegal to keep African grey parrots in China without permission from the Forestry Department, so the last African grey parrot will be arranged in the zoo after passing the inspection.
Parrots are good at imitating human speech, but they cannot understand the meaning of human language, parrots imitate various sounds, is a kind of conditioned reflex of parrots, mechanical imitation, this imitation behavior is also called imitation in science!
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