Do They Know?

[Birdlover1]

Do Macaws know what you saying?Because my Dad wanted to come in my room but I repeatedly told him no but he came in anyway,Then Echo straight out attacked him and gave him a nasty bite!Its the first time he ever did anything like that..

 

[Mayden]

Do Macaws know what you saying?Because my Dad wanted to come in my room but I repeatedly told him no but he came in anyway,Then Echo straight out attacked him and gave him a nasty bite!Its the first time he ever did anything like that..

They can learn just as we do in the sense that we only know what 'no' means because we've been taught that the sound 'NO' with the tone and how it's said means to stop what we're doing, or we can't do that.

So words and the actions follow, denotes meaning. Which will be why antionette and Mishka have such great chats.

So our birds learn words and phrases and can relate them to situations because they've been taught that 'no' means it's naughty or wrong.

They, more often than not though, pick up purely on tone rather than the meaning. If you're sing songing 'no' at your bird, he's less likely to understand you're telling him not to do something compared to a strict, firm, 'no!'

If you told your dad aggressively that you didn't want him in your room, Echo may have picked up on that and lashed out at the 'intruder' or the cause of the aggression.

 

[JerseyWendy]

It is commonly believed that Macaws have the mindset and intelligence of a 3-4 year old child.

I fully believe this, based on my own observations with my big guys. Niko, especially understands a whole lot more than I give him credit for.

 

[goalerjones]

You have a responsibility to keep your family members safe. There are always family dynamics which can swing on emotion, but ultimately the bird will become the enemy, unfairly, if you dont practice restraining him.

 

[mtdoramike]

"You have a responsibility to keep your family members safe. There are always family dynamics which can swing on emotion, but ultimately the bird will become the enemy, unfairly, if you dont practice restraining him."

I couldn't have said it better myself. Thank you for pointing that out. I don't think the bird understood exactly what you were saying or your father. But most likely the way you were saying it, which could have gotten the bird aggitated enough to lash out at the possible threat he was perceiving.

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[BillsBirds]

Other than the tone of our voice, they react to our emotional state. You are his flock leader, and he felt you were agitated, and possibly in danger. So, he was protecting you from what he felt you were directing the negativity towards. Yes, they know!