Domestic parrots are very smart, but isolation can make them lonely - and video calling other parrots might be the answer! So you might not be the only one who has the urge to run up the phone bill. Hosted by: Savannah Geary (they/them) Lucas Principe: Writer Courtney Tern: Fact Checker Amy Peterson: Script Editor Madison Lynn: Videographer Faith Evelyn Schmidt: Script Supervisor Seth Gliksman: Editor Daniel Comiskey: Editorial Director Savannah Geary: Producer Nicole Sweeney: Executive Producer Hank Green: Executive Producer Sources: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3544548.3581166 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-taught-pet-parrots-to-video-call-each-other-and-the-birds-loved-it-180982041/ https://www.marylandzoo.org/animal/african-grey-parrot/#:~:text=African%20greys%20are%20gregarious%2C%20social,during%20the%20day%20to%20feed https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/apr/21/parrots-taught-to-video-call-each-other-become-less-lonely-finds-research Images: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3544548.3581166 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/red-and-green-macaws-flying-in-front-of-a-clay-lick-stock-footage/961595952?adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/white-sulphur-crested-cockatoo-in-cage-close-up-stock-footage/885394072?adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/white-lovebirds-stock-footage/1449257321?adppopup=true