this post was submitted on 23 Oct 2024
389 points (99.2% liked)

People Twitter

5112 readers
3466 users here now

People tweeting stuff. We allow tweets from anyone.

RULES:

  1. Mark NSFW content.
  2. No doxxing people.
  3. Must be a tweet or similar
  4. No bullying or international politcs
  5. Be excellent to each other.

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 
top 6 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] [email protected] 52 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

You know what, I bet it wasn't that big of a deal.

Whoever it was, thousands of years ago, probably went "ah, a talking animal, just like all the legends say, I should listen to its wisdom".

If you were the first person to hear like a hamster suddenly quote the Independence Day Bill Pullman speech today you'd be in deep trouble, though.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 14 hours ago

My hamster is more of a Twister fan

[–] [email protected] 7 points 14 hours ago

I reckon you'd go "WAIT! Waitwaitwaitlemmepulloutmyphone!" or something like that.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Wait until you hear one say something in full context out of nowhere; that's really unnerving. I've had parrots for almost 20 years now and they still surprise me from time to time. It makes you stop and rethink just how smart the little feathered balls of chaos are.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 12 hours ago

African greys are insanely smart. Shame they're assholes most of the time, like all parrots are.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 14 hours ago

I hear lyrebirds in Australia mimic what sounds like human noises sometimes and it's weird.

It's rare and isn't as "spot on" as documentaries make it out to be, but when it happens it's always been when rock climbing in an area for most of the day and sometimes one comes along. They seem to pick up on the noises hikers and climbers make in those areas, which is mostly talking, laughing, cheering, etc. But like, it sounds nothing like another human, but you know that's what it's heard because it sounds like humans in the distance, just 10-20m away. Then they mix in random bird calls and it's fun to guess each bird it's trying to be.

It's kind of surreal; certainly interesting. Terrible distraction when you're supposed to be belaying someone who's halfway up a cliff 🤣