Parrot uses Alexa to order lightbulbs, kite and watermelon while owners are out.

[KelleyKramer]

With all the chaos of the Trump admin dumpster fire, sometimes you need a good laugh.

Now I have just one question.. how come he didn't order any crackers?? ........




Lonely Parrot Goes Shopping Online With Alexa While Owners Out


https://www.thedailybeast.com/lonely-parrot-goes-shopping-online-with-alexa-while-owners-out



Talk about a captive audience. Rocco, an apparently lonely and, uh, peckish African Grey parrot in Berkshire UK, has become so used to hearing his owners talk to Amazon's Alexa, he started doing it himself when they were out of the house. So far, the feathered fowl has ordered watermelon, strawberries, raisins, ice cream and even broccoli. The bird has also commanded the home robot to tell him jokes and play love songs. Rocco's owner Marion Wischnewski told The Times of London that she often comes home to Rocco dancing to romantic music, which she says is indicative of his “sweet personality.” Because of a parental lock feature, none of the orders for food have so far gone through, but his owner always has to check that he hasn't scheduled events or added to her online grocery lists. “Rocco and Alexa chat away to each other all day,” she said. “Then I have to check the shopping list and cancel all the items he’s ordered.”



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[CatMor]

1. Love the article ..

made me laugh.

[zanana1]

2. That's a good bird! nt

[FSogol]

3. We are all doomed when cats start using Alexa.

[usaf-vet]

9. What can you order by purring?

Let's not go there!

[Harker]

11. A Rolls-Royce? n/t

[usaf-vet]

19. Ok! how about a Little Duece Coupe ..."purring like a kitten"....

.... "until the lake pipes roar"

[Harker]

22. Okay... count me in! n/t

[erronis]

12. Cat food cans that can be opened by paws/claws.

After that, they don't need those stinking humans.

[Totally Tunsie]

20. Ask Melanoma...she must know.

Isn't that how she gets what she wants?

[Tanuki]

23. "tastes so good, cats ask for it by name!"

[lilactime]

4. OMG, that is scary and adorable at the same time.

[underpants]

5. When Alexa first came out they were talking about it in a radio show

The Dan Patrick show. He used to do Sports Center with Olbermann.

They were joking "Alexa buy me a car" and other such things and they got deluged with calls emails and tweets to stop. People who had Alexa and were playing their show on radio or the tv simulcast said Alexa was actually buying them the things Dan and the crew were mentioning.

[MineralMan]

6. That gives me a good idea. Get Alexa to teach your parrot to talk.

It can be a PITA to get a parrot to begin talking. You have to repeat what you want the feather-headed critter to say, over and over again until it figures it out. The first few phrases are the hardest. So, tell Alexa to say the phrases 20 times, every 30 minutes or so. The bird will learn to say the things.

[SoCalDem]

21. My mother had a mynah bird (Petey) who only ever said

"Answer the goddamned phone".. When we had company he always got his cage covered with a beach towel

[MontanaMama]

7. Rocco is a smart boy!

I’m sad that he’s lonely though. Birds are incredibly social and are often anxious when left alone for long periods of time. My son has a small parrot that’s almost 2. His life span is 20-25 years...shorter than the life span of larger parrots. On the days when we are all out of the house for longer than 4-5 hours...I take Kiwi with me to work so he has interaction or take him on errands in the car in his little travel crate. He loves rides in the car to the grocery store or Ace Hardware. The clerks at Ace will give him a kernel of popcorn and he thinks that’s the best. Birds who hange at home a lot can be destruct to their enviroment or themselves.

[zentrum]

8. Poor lonely bird.

Living alone in an apartment all day is a kind of prison for a social being like this, who was evolved for an extremely lush and complexly stimulating jungle environment, full of other birds, and sounds.

[calimary]

16. Yep. There is that.

[usaf-vet]

10. How about putting Alexa in the Oval office.

To order Macs, KFC and diet coke.

With luck maybe Alexa would have a slip of the audio circuits and order jail time for the owner.

[MurrayDelph]

14. The last thing the Oval Office needs

is another bird brain.

[erronis]

13. Alex (Alex and Me) would be a great partner to Alexa.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_(parrot)

This is a lovely story.

His last words ("You be good, see you tomorrow. I love you&quot were the same words that he would say every night when Pepperberg left the lab.

[keithbvadu2]

15. Smart enough that he probably learned some new words and some grammar.

Smart enough that he probably learned some new words and some grammar.

[Codeine]

17. Oh bullshit.

The lengths some people will go for attention. . .

[Dave Starsky]

24. It's not entirely implausible.

African Grey parrots are insanely smart, among the smartest of all birds. They've exhibited vocabularies and performance on certain cognitive skills equal to that of human preschoolers.

[lindysalsagal]

18. Oh, come on. It should tell off the mother in law and fire the help....

[Raine]

25. Aw that's so cute

sweet little bird found himself a friend!