Maybe something is wrong with me, but this totally cracked me up. This woman begins singing (about bacon and pork?) and as soon as she looks at her cute bird, he screeches at the top of his lungs. It's unclear whether the scream is one of sheer terror, or if he's playing along.
This adorable bird is like a feathered Edward Scissorhands. He's loving, but how the heck can he caress the one he loves? Just ask this cat, who will accept being pet by ferocious claws any day.
Oscar ain't your average cutie patootie cockatoo. She has a tendency to make peeps feel uncomfortable, rather than happy and sappy all over, but she can't help it. Our gal is incapable of growing body hair so she sadly looks like this evening's din-din — but not so fast.
Well, maybe in a few years this will be a love story. For now, baby cockatoo seems to be annoying the bejeezus out of this little pup by giving her love bites. She seems to be taking it as well as can be expected, but my guess is that she's going to reclaim that sofa for herself before long.
To "Funky Cold Madina." Hey wait, this little guy looks familiar. He danced to Creedance Clearwater Revival earlier!
No birds were harmed in the shooting of these pictures – after all, they're the well-trained professionals of Bird Island in Shenyang, China. The parrots, cockatoos, and other fluttering fellas perform heroic sport feats. From bowling and bicycling to weight lifting and tightrope walking, it's all there.
If a little birdie told me that I was gonna hear something by the Backstreet Boys today and actually enjoy myself, I wouldn't have believed it. But it's true! All because of this singing cockatoo here.
I don't normally listen to NPR, but I caught a story the other day about animals that dance and just couldn't turn it off. In conjunction with the radio program, they put together a video on their website where I could see some of the animals that were featured on the show. One of the amazing dancing animals was a white cockatoo named Snowball.