Polly wants a chatter: parrots prefer live calls over pre-recorded videos
Pet parrots given the choice to video-call each other or watch pre-recorded videos of other birds will flock to the opportunity for live chats, new research shows.
The study, led by animal-computer interaction specialists at the University of Glasgow, gave tablet devices to nine parrots and their owners to explore the potential of the video chats to expand the birds’ social lives.
Their results suggest that the clever birds, who often suffer from loneliness in captivity, may be able to tell the difference between live and pre-recorded content on digital devices, and strongly prefer interacting with other birds in real time.
Over the course of the six-month study, the parrots chose to initiate calls to other birds significantly more often than they opted to watch pre-recorded footage.
They also seemed more engaged in the live chats, spending much longer on calls with other birds than they did watching videos from a library of options.
The findings could help steer the future course of the emerging ‘animal internet’, which uses digital technology to empower animals to interact with humans and each other in new ways.
The University of Glasgow, changing the world since 1451.
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