The ParrotResearch.com website is dedicated to a budgie.
Victor the budgie had a vocabulary of way over 1000 words.
He used these words to converse and show his understanding of humanistic concepts such as mariage, politics, war, saving the earth and even animal rights. Currently the website owner Ryan Reynolds, has about 1 hour of
Victor talking on video. Ryan has even put captions with the
videos so they are easier to understand. The videos are available for public view, as well as the explanations and transcripts on his website.
Perhaps the most significant problem Ryan has right now is with the skeptics. Many are not willing to spend the time they need to grasp the accent of Victor. They brush Victor off as a parrot with an incredible vocabulary but not really making much sense. Ryan disagrees and demonstrates there is a substantial amount of context in the videos to prove beyond a doubt that Victor is conversing in an intelligent way.
This is a quote from Ryan's website when he talks a little bit about the skepticism:
"Being skeptical of things that defy scientific explanation are natural and healthy for most humans. It makes us feel good that we know we are not fools by believing in everything people say without seeing the proof. However, once the proof is presented in a way that can no longer be refuted, we should not hold on to this skepticism, because if we do, then we truly become the fool that we have tried so hard not to be." says Ryan. Here is a small portion of one of the videos with the transcripts. Ryan also comments on what Victor is talking about in the videos. You can see the full video at the link provided below under the video called "Victor's Earth Day Video".
In the video Victor says:
The same way Ryan has to have advise.
Like all of us.
And some recording changes in time if I rushed my talking.
This is how come he took a true record.
My TV's alive.
How can they watch TV, its' dots turn colour?
Ryan making people part of my history here.
To school okay, don't take long in life.
Ryan's comments:
Victor talks about me needed advise just like anyone else. He also
mentions that the recordings change over time because he rushed his
talking and was hard to understand. Yes at 200 wpm he did talk pretty
fast. It is interesting how he talks about a TV dot's turning
colour. Out of this statement we know that budgies can see the smallest
of the pixels on TV's and colour as well. Victor continues:
Oh, tis like their area. They're invent it here.
And they watch it all born.
The know when they go to school the battle of birds is important.
Write this down. Make happy new year.
SST oh yeah.
(cough, cough)
I promise you, balk, balk, balk, balk, balk.
A bird just talk.
So I'm not for supper.
It's not right to eat a pig.
God asked Victor to talk tough.
Don't raise staff. Head them and keep them company.
When you're friendly, a kiss, will come some day.
You'll feel it.
Ryan's comments:
Victor talks about the importance of knowing how intelligent animals are
and that it is not right to eat them. He says not to raise staff. I
believe he is talking to other animals here and means for them not to
try and harm humans and for the domesticated ones, he wants them to keep
humans company. It is really cute when he says that if you are friendly
you will get a kiss. He blows a little kiss for the word and says you
will feel it.
Victor continues:
God saves a bed for us.
The world we can make right. All of us.
The world will be much more natural.
I know this world knows it's something special.
Of course, we'll conquer and spit at death when our future is set better.
Merry Christmas, Happy New Year. Care it.
This time I was only trying to school you so you would deploy me to try and defend earth better.
Let's anoint this lesson tonight.
Can you give this bird luck?
Ryan's comments:
The last part of this clip is my favorite and where the video really
fits in to the Earth Day theme. He talks about how special the world is
and how we will conquer death in the future. He finished it with saying
he wanted to be deployed or possibly "employed" to defend the
earth. As you can see the transcripts are quite remarkable and just a small portion of what Victor is saying in one of his videos. I hope you go to the site and watch the videos of Victor. Spend some time on it with headphones and an open mind. If you currently do not believe that some animals are as intelligent as humans, this little budgie may change your mind forever.