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invisible-bug t1_j6l9hpo wrote

Reply to comment by gylez in Walking parrots by FrankieGS

This comment really makes me think that you have no experience with birds like these. Most of them self harm when kept in captivity. They get bored and codependent and jealous.

It's not all bad. They cuddle. They sing with you. They're funny. They play. But they're very hard to keep happy. It's unethical to keep them as a pet unless you properly know what you're doing and have some serious time and space to provide everything they need.

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SoSorryItsTheMoops t1_j6l69yf wrote

Reply to comment by Rabid_Kiwi in Walking parrots by FrankieGS

The dog/wolf comparison isn’t quite right. Dogs were domesticated over tens of thousands of years via selective breeding for traits that suited a peridomestic lifestyle. The Spix macaws that were reintroduced are the progeny of a handful of adults who’ve been in captivity for less than a generation, some of whom were likely wild-caught themselves. Is that a genetic bottleneck? Yes. Is it selection for pet traits? Not remotely. Plus, macaws regularly form mixed-species flocks, so their “culture” is perhaps not irretrievably lost if there are Illiger’s macaws in the area.

Edit: a word

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