Did This Parrot Just Ask a Question?

Managed to film an amazing interaction with Apollo. He asks me "what's this" about the keys and sink backsplash (ceramic), even seeming to correct me about it being closer to glass than rock. He then answers my question about the class cup for the first time, saying "glassk" which is why I was so excited.

Apollo is our 2 year-old Talking African Grey parrot we've had since December 2020.

Founder of Shrock and renowned GLASS connoisseur.

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[hibiirdofficial]

The five elements: Water, Glass, Paper, Metal, and Rock.

[jacktaylor]

Apollo convincing his owner that the wall is glass not rock is hilarious. He’s gonna offer you a pistachio soon

[MooseShower]

I love how he says metal so sweetly but glass like he’s plotting someone’s death

[neeneets]

First, anyone who doesn’t know, this takes a lot of time and patience and love to get this kind of behavior. Kudos to apollos family for the obvious time spent with this parrot. He looks healthy and happy. Which is more than I can say about some other parrot you tubers.
Parrots take alot of work and live a very long time.
I hope you keep this attention up for his next 40 years of life.

[ImMimicute]

Loved the sudden breakout into full sprint for a pistachio

[DjmMik]

I love when Apollo says “what’s this?”😂😂😂

[janus]

The fact that at some point you two started having a conversation/argument about what base element tile was (metal vs glass vs rock) is so amazing to me. So easy to almost forget he’s a bird!

[aporue]

I love how apollo pronounces things. ''glassk'', ''shrock'', ''MeTaL.'' It's unique and interesting !

[LegendOfMoonDragons]

He's exactly like a 3 year old, asking for things for no reason just to test whether he can get them (fresh water!), asking constant questions and wanting to learn

[roc-noK]

imagine he nibbles on your finger and says “flesh” when you’ve never taught him that word

[drlatham]

My experience is that the 'no chewing' command is generally disregarded by Grey parrots...

[Minisynapse]

I can imagine how confused Apollo was as says "glass" casually and you don't react but then he says "GLASSK!" and you go all excited 😂

[EMO_BITCH]

The way he got so excited when apollo got the glass command correct was so wholesome, my heart 🥲

[sunnyfields]

An idea I have about why he calls everything glass or metal: he touches/taps it with his beak, and they all feel relatively the same: hard and cold. He's not necessarily _wrong_ about things being glass, it just might be difficult for so many things that feel like Glass to be Not Glass.

[vitalic_drms]

the “pop” sound seems to be apollo’s way of saying “yeah whatever”

[kangaroo]

If you've read the story of Alex the African Grey, you might know that when Alex didnt have the word for something, he would sometimes combine two words he knew to make up a new word. Perhaps Apollo is doing this with Glass and Rock ("Glask")

[cactusjones]

I love how curious he is with everything

[gothicdancecrumps]

That "running across house to get treat for birb" moment

[lavenderotaku]

Maybe Apollo kept saying “Water”, “Fresh Water”, and “Pouring Water” because he was by the sink?? If he doesn’t know the word for Sink, he might simply be trying to describe where he’s sitting.

I love the way he just suddenly said “rrrock!” Like he was figuring it out for himself lol. He’s technically not wrong when he said the “glass” was made of rock though. Sand is technically rock lmao. Such a smart boy! I LOVE the way he tilts his head and looks at you/the camera.

[michelleannenoel]

‘Yes! Good BIRD!’ (Then quickly runs for a ‘pistash!) 🤣 He deserved that ‘stashio!!! Love Apollo!