Parrots

Parrots are colourful tropical birds infamous for being talking, crazy, biting pets. They are often portrayed as being on somebody's shoulder, as this is what they like to do. Pirates have a stereotype where a captain or another (sometimes high-ranking) crew member has a colorful, semi-talking parrot riding on their shoulder. Parrots are most well known for their ability to use language, and television shows often focus on this aspect of parrots, even though not all parrots can mimic or speak. Parrots have limited language abilities, with some of the most famous ones in real life being able to have simplified grammar and vocabulary. I saw one particular TikTok video of a parrot that wasn't fluent, but could understand English perfectly, but her pronounciation was terrible. It shocked me to my core. It showed how grouchy (at least domesticated) parrots are, and they are sometimes portrayed with a temper in television and other media, true to their real world counterparts. The phrase "Polly want a cracker?" is very common when parrots are shown on television or when people are speaking to parrots in real life, to the point where some people have even recognized it as a sort of slur and portrayed it as such.
Category:Parrots