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October 5, 2015 7:48 PM

A Cockatiel learns to sing the Chocobo Song, sings constantly (SLTwitter)
posted by rebent (19 comments total)

Your link goes to someone's twitter profile. There's a video there, you probably meant to link to it?
posted by LogicalDash at 7:50 PM on October 5, 2015 [3 favorites]

There are tons of videos in the twitter profile, tons and tons 🎶
posted by rebent at 7:58 PM on October 5, 2015 [1 favorite]

Really entertaining series of tweets there.

What.
posted by Trinity-Gehenna at 8:34 PM on October 5, 2015

🎶 The only one that I need. The only RPG for me. 🎶
posted by tickingclock at 8:47 PM on October 5, 2015 [2 favorites]

My friend's cockatiel learned to sing the little motif from near the end of the 1812 overture, the one that goes "da-da da-da da-da DA DA DA" but could never get the hang of the final note. So it would sit there and go, over and over again, "da-da da-da da-da DA DA... peep?" then "da-da da-da da-da DA DA... plonk". The first few times it was mildly amusing, but it tended to become more and more hilarious the longer it went on (or the more one had to drink). Poor little birdie. It tried so hard.
posted by lollusc at 9:08 PM on October 5, 2015 [7 favorites]

That title is a reference to legendaryfrog, right? From the old days of the internet, when only the rich had dialup and everyone else had to load quicktime videos by carrier pigeon.

I've got to go play chocobo racing again some time soon.
posted by sandswipe at 9:23 PM on October 5, 2015 [2 favorites]

Here's one that learned to sing Po-Pi-Po (right up there with Nyan Cat on the annoying-but-catchy-if-you-keep-listening songs list).
posted by Rangi at 9:36 PM on October 5, 2015 [2 favorites]

heheh. All I saw was 'Tweets and replies' and I larfed my ass off already.
posted by isopraxis at 9:50 PM on October 5, 2015

The African Grey has a wide assortment of little samples it chooses from.
posted by user92371 at 10:14 PM on October 5, 2015

I was watching a few of the African Grey videos before I realized you could hear the Cockatiel in the background of pretty much all of them.
posted by carsonb at 10:26 PM on October 5, 2015

That's rad!
posted by klausman at 11:08 PM on October 5, 2015

Dr Buzzard approves!
posted by 5_13_23_42_69_666 at 2:05 AM on October 6, 2015

I tried to teach my cockatiel (no longer with me) the theme tune to the Addams Family, but he never picked it up. He never picked any tune up, really. Well, except for the one I made up for the phrase "cockatiels are cool!" 😄

This one can do the Addams Family tune though.
posted by Halo in reverse at 2:07 AM on October 6, 2015 [7 favorites]

haha! 💗
posted by taz at 2:47 AM on October 6, 2015

Incidentally, for the benefit of those who can't read Japanese, the cockatiel's name is Maru (yes, the same as the famous cat). The title of the video that taz linked is "Underneath the Maru mask... is Maru."
posted by Faint of Butt at 7:27 AM on October 6, 2015 [1 favorite]

Meanwhile, an Australian Corella proclaims himself "a f**king legend."
posted by mcmile at 8:45 AM on October 6, 2015 [1 favorite]

Get it to sing the Katamari theme and my apartment would be a lot easier to clean.
posted by Navelgazer at 9:25 AM on October 6, 2015 [1 favorite]

Unlike me in the cockatoo threads, here I will urge everyone to get a cockatiel, if you want a bird and can take care of one :] My Chicory is the best bird I've ever met.

OMG, Navelgazer, I was just wondering what I should teach my little nugget next, and that's a great suggestion. Since he simply refuses to learn the Mozart arias I've been whistling at him for months now, in favor of a distinctly tuneless rendition of "Deep in the Heart of Texas." Like lollusc's friend's bird, he can never seem to get the last note right.

MeFi cockatiel slaves unite!
posted by fiercecupcake at 9:59 AM on October 6, 2015

Yes cockatiels are the best!
posted by 5_13_23_42_69_666 at 8:51 PM on October 6, 2015 [1 favorite]