The curious case of the pig and the parrot: Unlikely couple become the best of friends (even though Jazz always wins at chase)

Best of friends: Xena the mini-pig and his best pal Jazz, the quaker parrot, live with their owner Nichole Willett in Brisbane, AustraliaA pig and a parrot may seem an unlikely pair of friends, but Xena and Jazz are firm bosom buddies.

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DNA Sequenced for Parrot's Ability to Parrot

Budgies. Scientists say they have assembled more completely the string of genetic letters that could control how well parrots learn to imitate their owners and other sounds. Scientists say they have assembled more completely the string of genetic letters that could control how well parrots learn to imitate their owners and other sounds.

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DNA Sequenced for Parrots' Ability to Parrot

This female budgie is like the parrots Erich Jarvis uses to study vocal learning behaviors. Credit: A. RitterThird-generation sequencing debugged to glimpse parrots' ability to imitate.

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Kea using sticks as tools

Kea have joint the leage of tool using animals. Imge by Evan Goldenberg.The word seems to be spreading through the kea community - "use a stick!"

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Parakeets pose problem in Watervliet

Monk parakeet at nest The nest is slated to be removed so DEC captured one of the birds earlier in a net to be relocated to a bird sanctuary. They didn't get the mate yet (this bird). I was told they were going to return to capture this one as well. Image by Peter BarvoetsWATERVLIET - It's one of the coolest thing 5-year-old Tommy Bishop and his cousin Jessica Constantine have ever seen.

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