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A Parrot Riding a Car's Windshield Wipers

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Renegade:
[Disclaimer: I'm also a hypocrite as I don't like cruelty to animals (who would) but I'm more than happy for them to be slaughtered for my dinner plate. I am far to lazy to become vegetarian - and also like the taste of meat.]

Without fully understanding parrot psychology, it looks like the parrot isn't too distressed by the ride (and may be enjoying it):

1) Even if its wings are clipped, it doesn't appear to be stressed when perched on the wiper when the car is stationary. Assuming the parrot can remember the last high speed journey it made, riding the wiper, I'd expect it to jump off the wiper when the car is stationary - why would any animal stay in a location it considered stressful.

2) Anyone seen a dog stick its head out of a speeding car open window? The appear to love doing it. Why shouldn't a parrot be the same, why is there always an automatic assumption that the animal is in distress, the parrot might be absolutely thrilled by the speed.

3) The "expert" woman says that the parrot is clearly in distress because it doesn't move about on the wiper. Well, you wouldn't move about on the wiper when travelling at high speed because you want to keep your shape aerodynamic - the parrot has plenty of opportunity to jump off the wiper when the car is moving slower, and as we see at the end, the parrot gets, accidently, thrown of the wiper. It doesn't make a quick escape, instead it just stands there waiting for another ride.

4) If the parrot really hated the experience, wouldn't it be attacking it's owner to demonstrate how it felt. Instead I see quite a happy parrot with its owner.

5) The guy might not come across as that smart, but he seems to love his parrot. I think he'd realise if the parrot didn't seem happy about the whole thing. I doubt that one day he decided it was a good idea to take his parrot on a 60mph test drive - maybe a slow driver around the block for starters, and then faster runs as they progressed.
-nudone (March 31, 2011, 03:16 AM)
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Makes perfect sense.

Hey! It's a PARROT! They can talk! Why doesn't someone just ask it~! :P :D

mouser:
 ;D

but back to serious discussion -- i think if his wings are clipped/missing, the arguement about him just jumping off might be null and void -- it may not be something he could do so easily right?

4wd:
....why would any animal stay in a location it considered stressful.-nudone (March 31, 2011, 03:16 AM)
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Superglue


or a nailgun.

Renegade:
....why would any animal stay in a location it considered stressful.-nudone (March 31, 2011, 03:16 AM)
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Superglue


or a nailgun.
-4wd (March 31, 2011, 04:35 AM)
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BWAHAHAHAHAA~!

Oh man... that was bordering on pee my pants funny~!

nudone:
i think the simple solution is this:

with some of the recent DC donations, we buy a parrot of our own (maybe a white one, with suitable name beginning with C), then with some of the other donations, mouser buys a nice car specifically for the purpose of testing whether the parrot enjoys high speed wiper blade rides.

i don't think the wings will need to be clipped - instead the bird could wear the smart jacket that was made for Baby Cody.

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