Re: Direct determination of parrot evolution

[Dora Smith <villandra@austin.rr.com>]

Wow!  I know this is off topic - but I'm going to post it to my parrot 
species lists.   People there talk about how to not lose birds, and how to 
find lost birds, but none of them thought of teaching the bird its address.

Not surprising - parrots are very highly intelligent.   Many can even carry 
on conversations.    The ability to sing songs is not unusual.

My budgies aren't as bright, though.   I asked them to tell me about their 
ancestors, and I got blank looks.    ;)

Yours,
Dora Smith
Austin, TX
tiggernut24@yahoo.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Chure" <danchure@easilink.com>
To: "DML" <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 7:10 AM
Subject: Direct determination of parrot evolution


> After reading the story at the following site.....
>
> http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/21/lost.parrot.ap/index.html
>
> ..... I was wondering, has if anyone has simply asked the parrots about 
> their evolutionary history and phylogeny?
>
> Dan