I have never considered having a bird as a pet. I still don't - I'm not mentally equipped to be diligent enough about caring for a bird and their claws creep me out. However, I do know they have tons of personality.
Recently I went to a pet store with my bestie and we met a very friendly blue macaw named Claire. She (Claire) fell in love with the dog toy that my bestie picked out for her dog. Claire invited us to bring the toy to the part of the cage where she could stick her beak through the bars and nibble on the toy. That is the first time I've understood what a bird was trying to communicate. I'm used to them perching on or dangling from things and making noise at me, but I've never seen the body language communication that Claire exhibited. My bestie is the one who reads the body language. I remember watching her and Claire "talk" to each other, and my bestie trying to figure out a way to make Claire happy. We spent so much longer at the pet store, but it was well worth getting to see a new level of communication at work.
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