Even with Australia's strict biosecurity enforcement we are powerless to stop the budgie smugglers.

Real terrifying one, that. Anything and everything flies in Australia.

It's cocks, isn't it?

tbh i would also lose my mind if a local told me to "look out for a cock-or-two"

Hell yeah, I get swarms of king parrots turn up and they're majestic.

Parrots are smart motherfuckers.

They're also great at communicating info about predators across a large group and distracting said predators to get as many budgies away as possible. And they're very good at maneuvering in the air, a lot of birds of prey that rely on speed over agility can't turn as quickly

Turns out being small, and able to fly, is pretty cool

Yeah, pretty much. They are considered pests down there. Imagine a swarm of locusts descending on your farm, except the locusts are each the size of your hand and are intelligent enough to work together when committing crimes. That's how Australian farmers see budgies.

You would be surprised at the amount of attitude birds have here. Usually magpies get a gangsta reputation but do you know who nobody messes up with? Lorikeets.

I feel like Australia isn't as dangerous as you think it is

Australian slang.

I have learned that there are animals called potoroos and bilbies.

What a bin chicken is, what sherbet is in Australia, there are more I can't think of at the moment.

Pavlova doesn't exist in the states anywhere I've ever been.

There's a population of parakeets living in the wild in Bridgeport, Connecticut that escaped from a pet shop delivery truck

English cities are surprisingly full of parakeets recently.