I mean, yes it is tasty, but what happened to variety? We get such an interesting assortment of food choices in the wild, can't humans be a little more resourceful than feeding us the same seeds day after day?
Another trait which makes obviously superior to other species are the beautiful and vivid colors which adorn our feathers. We have such a wide range of color patterns and collages, who couldn't help to be jealous of our beauty? Green in one of the most abundant feather color in our palate; however, we also boast vivid reds and luscious blues to our color palate as well. These colors serve as identifying marks, incentives for the lady parrots, as well as camouflage to help us blend into the surrounding flora and fauna in the jungle. Humans would be silly not to want to boast the luscious colors of our feathers.
Now, I want to explore the roots of our behavior for clarification. We do not simply babble "Polly wants a cracker," and look pretty in our cages. We are extremely complex and intelligent birds, with a wide breadth of behavioral traits, which are largely ignored by humans. We love to make our homes in tree holes and other warm protective places. We do not like to sleep on a stick in an open cage! We don't have vast territories, like some mammals like to do. Other than our nests, the jungle is open for grabs, limiting squabbles between ourselves. One thing we do share with our human counterparts for the most part, however, is our tendency towards monogamy. We like to find our one love and stay with that bird for life. We depend on each other for survival and reproduction. Our chicks are very vulnerable for quite some time, so it takes the love and devotion of both parents to successfully raise and brood our future generations. While the mother incubates...
He will feed and nourish her until it is his time to watch over the chicks, and then she will do the same for him.
Our intelligence is what separates us from other birds and truly makes us the top species. Not only can we mimic human speech, but some human scientists have finally caught on to the fact that some of us can come with simple sentences on our own as well. We have a larger brain to body ratio than even monkeys and chimps! We can also impress our human counterparts with our ability to solve puzzles and use tools to solve other kinds of problems. This is the main separation between us and other animal species found with us in the jungles and forest across the globe.
Now we have a very interesting relationship with the human race. Despite our obvious superiority, many humans take it upon themselves to trap us and remove us from our beloved homes in the wild. This has caused serious drops in our natural population rates. it's hard enough to live in the wild, and now we have to worry about trappers and poachers too! We do love our caretakers when they are kind to us, but who wouldn't want to trade a life in a cage for a life free in the trees how nature intended us to be?
Now that I have explained all the reasons for our obvious superiority, maybe we will begin to be taken more seriously. Our intelligence and beauty make us a top species, but we are often glossed over as just another animal to be tamed and messed with by human hands. However, we are not just like the average jungle-dweller. Only those who truly know us understand our grace and majestic nature. Hopefully, those who know us will attempt to pass on their knowledge so we will receive the respect we deserve.
