“So far, efforts have been made to enrich the environment in which parrots are kept,” said the team led by Rebecca Kleinberger from Northeastern University and the MIT Media Lab in Boston in a joint study video presentation on the occasion of a current conference on human-computer interactions in Hanover. “But there was a lack of social and emotional stimulation.” A single companion cannot replace the flocks in which the birds live in the wild.
They preened, showed play behavior and began to sing
The solution is obvious, especially after Corona times: parrots could interact via video telephony, which would also have the advantage that they would not come into contact with dangerous fungal spores or bacteria, which are often spread by the birds.