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Post by DeeJay on May 23, 2005 9:33:18 GMT -7
I'm just amazed with my bird!!!!! I could not figured out how does she know when anyone about to leave the house. My CAG will say "See you later" with uncunning ability when we're about to leave the house passing her cage. Her cage is situated at the hallway so every day we have passed her way number of times and she doesn't say "see you later" until someone is really leaving the house. I could understand when were all dressed up and ready to go, she could visualize those changes but going to the grocery store, how would she know you're leaving?
I think I would start her listen and watch the TV when they show the lotto numbers being picked!!!
DJ
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Post by Jane on May 23, 2005 9:38:49 GMT -7
It might be certain sequences of events which lead up to someone leaving, or certain sounds. Mitzi is the same if she hears a briefcase being zipped up or someone opening the door to the room where the shoes are, or even just the sight of a handbag or shopping bag.
Jane
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Post by Preston on May 23, 2005 10:30:58 GMT -7
Pete also seems to know when someone is leaving, but it's usually a visitor and not one of us. I don't wear shoes past the front door; I spent many months in Japan and fell into the habit. Pete sees the shoes go on and it's "see ya later". Like Jane said, it's some signal you give they pick up on that your not aware of. Speaking of lotteries, my neighbor won the Texas Two Step for $225,000 last week. That makes me wonder if he and Pete are in cahoots!  He came over yesterday and mowed my 1 acre with his new John Deere super mower, just to show off. It was 99 degrees outside, and that mower looked real nice from the A/C in my office.  |
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Post by lidiam on May 23, 2005 10:48:07 GMT -7
They have a much better picture of what is going on in the household than you might think. They observe everything, they know where everything in their observable space is, and they know how to read our body langugage! They are, in general, far more aware of us than we are of them.
Joshua knows I when am leaving and he preempts my exit by saying "goodbye" and waving his wings. He's not psychic though, he is just a very keen observer of what goes on in his world.
Lidia
ps. Preston, "John Deere"?
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Post by DeeJay on May 24, 2005 7:52:42 GMT -7
Thanks you'all, this is what makes this website really great, diverse and profound knowledge of Greys.
Its gotta to be the body language. But I need more convincing experiences before accepting it. This intellectual bird just mystify me and the rest of the family.
Thank you!!!! (";D")
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Okay, I'm ready for my close-up! I've always thought my right side was the most photogenic!
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Post by ranae on May 24, 2005 19:30:27 GMT -7
Okay, I read that some greys do have mental telepathy...take it how you will.  This was "experienced" when a lady thought of and pictured one of her particular fingers while her grey was sitting in her lap. She said that she envisioned her grey tapping that particular finger, and he would do it. No physical cues, nothing, all mental. I'm not sure on the cerdibility, but it sounds interesting. This lady claims that any grey has this ability and that every owner should try it. I haven't tried it yet, saving it for a rainy day, I guess. LOL. Let me know what you guys think!  |
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Post by lidiam on May 25, 2005 2:19:29 GMT -7
Hi Ranae,
I, for one, don't buy it at all.
I think there is either a rational explanation for it, or something has not been revealed about the situation which you described, or even that it was just wishful thinking on the part of the person(s) who described it to you.
Lidia
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ranae
Weaned Todd
Okay, I'm ready for my close-up! I've always thought my right side was the most photogenic!
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Post by ranae on May 28, 2005 10:56:10 GMT -7
I agree. I just read it on some grey website on the internet, and you know some of the things that people just randomly post... It was a nice idea though. LOL. Thanks for your input! |
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Post by mannie on May 31, 2005 19:58:58 GMT -7
Jack can tell when we are leaving the room and will say "Out" I assume since we always have to tell the dog out.
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Post by wgraham13 on Jun 1, 2005 11:46:20 GMT -7
Before I leave my CAG Adaigo, I always go through a little routine. I'll click his clicker one time, give him one treat and then I walk to the door and say loudly and happilly--GOODBYE ADAIGO! Then when I come home, I'll open the door to his room and do the same routine, but saying HELLO ADAIGO! Then I click the clicker and feed him one more treat. This has worked miracles, right now Adaigo says Hello and Goodbye respectively and he's only 2 1/2 months old!
Little Geniuses:)
William Graham
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Post by nancyd on Sept 10, 2005 17:00:56 GMT -7
I think there was an article on AnimalPlanet.com on telepathy with a grey
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Post by spookyhurst on Sept 10, 2005 17:14:38 GMT -7
I saw that on Animal Planet Nancy. The show was called something like "When Animals Talk" and featured Jane Goodall. It was about how animals kind of have a sixth sense. They had segments with dogs who could tell if a person had cancer, rats who could detect land mines, and animals who knew earthquakes and other disasters were about to hit. The bird segment was with African Greys. They had a grey in one room (with a video camera on it) and his owner in another room (with a video camera on her). She opened a packet of pictures and concentrated on each one for 2 minutes. It was amazing how the bird would talk about what was in the picture. For instance, she looked at a picture of a flower, and the bird (in the other room) started jabbering about "pretty flowers". When she looked at a picture of a man on the phone, the bird started saying things like "who are you calling" and "you're on the phone". When she paid attention to a certain detail, the bird started talking about that detail. For instance, when she was looking at a car, she suddenly noticed someone had their head out the window. At the same time, the bird said something like, "Uh oh, you have your head out." Statistically, the bird had more "hits" than would be expected by mere coincidence. It was pretty neat. EDIT: I did a quick search and found the bird (his name is N'Kisi) used in the program. Here's a link: www.sheldrake.org/nkisi/ |
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Post by nancyd on Sept 10, 2005 18:06:03 GMT -7
That was it. I don't have cable but we were discussing the show in another chatroom. Thanks for the link. I looked around animal planet when this was aired but I am sure I didn't spell Nkisi right, and couldn't come up with a link
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Post by spookyhurst on Sept 10, 2005 19:58:51 GMT -7
That bird was so cute. Some other things he did:
He rode in a car and loved it. He chatted about it for sometime after, often asking to go again. His owner told him she had no car, and he said, "Get a car, phone for a car."
He was shown pictures of Jane Goodall, and saw videos of her, but had never met her. When she came to visit for the first time, he greeted her by name and asked where her "toys" were. When she questions him about what he meant by toys, he screamed like a chimp, and said, "They go like that."
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He came over yesterday and mowed my 1 acre with his new John Deere super mower, just to show off. It was 99 degrees outside, and that mower looked real nice from the A/C in my office. 
This was "experienced" when a lady thought of and pictured one of her particular fingers while her grey was sitting in her lap. She said that she envisioned her grey tapping that particular finger, and he would do it. No physical cues, nothing, all mental. I'm not sure on the cerdibility, but it sounds interesting. This lady claims that any grey has this ability and that every owner should try it. I haven't tried it yet, saving it for a rainy day, I guess. LOL. Let me know what you guys think! 
