Apollo the Funniest Talking Parrot

We've already milked this thing pretty good, so here's the full video, in it's original form. Enjoy.
Apollo is our 2 year-old African Grey parrot we've had since December 2020.
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[@Crumpsnibbler]

I like how he asks himself a question, answers his own question, and then congratulates himself 😂

[@MelpomeneAlchemist]

It's funny I do this 😂

[@MarzieMalfoy]

My spirit animal 😂

[@rhoanrodrigo7180]

Ahahah ..he remembers every time he was asked and now he recorded it ahaha cute ..

[@Jammythewerewolf]

My bird does this too... "Pippin kiss! *mwah* Good girl. Treat!" I can see why they'd learn to do it XD

[@shannonly23]

But when I do it, it’s weird!!!

[@xminusone1]

My African grey would always imitate perfectly the telephone ringing. So perfectly, it tricked me several times, and when it happened, he laughed with his diabolical laughter. Very intelligent.

[@MaryDunford]

😂 Nice.

[@chingshady2689]

Lol I can imagine Apollo doing that

[@robertbroughton1443]

But be careful about the sounds that you expose it to. In 2 separate stories I read some time ago, one was where a couple was really "AMOROUS" with each other on a regular basis, and it picked up on it. Well one day they heard a strange noise out of nowhere in the presence of company, and because none of the people were engaged in such activity, they checked around and found that the bird was making that sound. In the other the bird was obviously taught how to "swear like a sailor", and in the neighborhood that the person who owned the bird lived started swearing loudly enough that everybody close by could hear it. So be careful for what you say, and do around it, can cause you some serious embarrassment due to it's ability to pickup, and retain sounds.

[@Lampe2020]

My grandparents also had an african grey when I was young and he could also imitate their phone ringing perfectly, so they still only actually go to the phone after the second or third ringing. And he also saw my mum as a child and when he saw me he imitated her baby cries and made me cry that way, laughing diabolical at me when I started to cry XD

[@chickadeeacres3864]

Bahahahahaha!

[@blippymcflopp7098]

I love how he answers his own questions then he holds his little foot out for a pistachio 😂

[@AngieCee1]

😂

[@theresarandall7448]

😊😊❤❤😊😊he has the cutest little parrot foot

[@Dohrmenedits]

No he is resting his foot every African grey does that

[@juliee.7072]

Ah yes, the 4 elements: Shrock, corK, glass🗿 and mETal

[@DavidPackluvr]

And 5: R-R-rOCK!! Rock! Brilliant Apollo!🤗🥰

[@joshuasteelflex4662]

But everything changed when the Shrock nation attacked

[@starstat13]

How about turkle (8:15)

[@fabrizioart1928]

​@@starstat13 Torkoal?

[@colinvoorneveld]

Glassk

[@reeceulf]

Apollo uses his brain more in ten minutes than I do in a day...

[@MadScientist267]

He's great but damn I think I would lose my effing mind if this was what I heard all the time 🤣

[@elyen1151]

Yes, it is because he is using a bigger percentage of brain:)

[@roems6396]

@@elyen1151 Nah, that’s not quite how it works.

[@sakesaurus]

​@@MadScientist267and if you start to swear or express your annoyance he will mimic you thus worsening this

[@BurdFan]

Omg, he said "earn a pistach", did three tasks on his own, then praised himself for it!

[@xyz7572]

Ikr, that was so cute 😂

[@yehhshhs]

where

[@BurdFan]

@@yehhshhs I commented this a year ago, I'm not going back to find it

[@BurdFan]

He said something like "earn a pistach? Touch, rock. Touch, glass. Touch, this is a bell! Good job Apollo" or something. Paraquoting.

[@yehhshhs]

@@BurdFan omg cute birb!!! I have a macaww and i love my macaww soo much its my baby now i wanna african grey too!!!

[@dakota5571]

Intresting how he said Shrock then right after said Shrek and rock. It seems he realizes it’s the combination of those words. This whole video really shows how intelligent Apollo is.

[@volksdude1970]

I think that's cool as well! It shows he's actually smart enough to not only learn and repeat words, but he also can make up his own words as well! It's amazing how smart he is!

[@T5un4mi]

How intelligent he is: 5:26

[@Maggotbains]

he's actually saying a shortened version of "its a rock" but it sounds similar to shrek, so he mixes them up

[@Kpoole35]

@@T5un4mi he actually commonly combines two words into one according to their last live stream.

[@maxkrepps9474]

He probably mixed them up and the owner tried to correct him with shrek and rock

[@funkyshade]

Whenever I'm caught between a shrock and a hard place, I go watch Apollo

[@poppypinktv]

😂😂👏

[@MaryDunford]

10 pts. Nice one. 😂

[@cosmicbonzo7559]

😝

[@AngieCee1]

🤣

[@Pamela-el9yv]

Lol

[@harveywallbanger3123]

"If Shrock did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him." -Voltaire

[@xyz7572]

Truer words have never been spoken

[@MaryDunford]

😂👍

[@nibulsheep8214]

He was looking shocked when you taught him about Bowser, it was like his whole world had changed.

[@cowuwu1]

This is the result of him being driven insane

[@mattaldana2021]

He looks Shrocked

[@happychappy27]

Taught

[@Matheus-rp8ww]

Then "Apollo😕"

[@ELYSIANNY]

10/10 comment

[@xerofelix7090]

I love how he's role playing rewarding himself with a pistachio. 😂

[@crystalorren893]

GET THAT PISTASH, BUDDY!

[@xyz7572]

I love that Apollo’s word for “plastic” is “plask” 😂 It makes me laugh every time he says it lol

[@CaptainSouthbird]

I've only recently been introduced to Apollo... but I guess I can kind of get it. I don't know much about how a bird actually "hears", but it's definitely believable if someone wasn't trained to listen for slight things like "t" sounds, I could totally understand how "plastic" could sound like "plask"

[@GulioDiMarco]

​@@CaptainSouthbirdit's not hearing as much as having issues vocalizing it. Their tongues and mouth cavities are formed different. Also there's words they can't say and they'll set stuck on sounds and words. You can see how he's repeating plask over p-l-askkk he undersands but doesnt speak? He echos. Sorry without a multiple paragraph explanation this is as good as I can do lol

[@GulioDiMarco]

Like apollo has Shrek shoe "shrock" because he couldn't say croc

[@platyhelminthes2877]

I lost it when he started booping himself on the nose 😂

[@aurias42]

IT WAA SO CUTE

[@kathleenpatricia3794]

lol! He's soo cute 😍💖

[@piratekit3941]

I love how you have pronounced 'cork' so many times, he gets more and more aggressive in sounding out CORK now.

[@a-can-o-beans8340]

I’m a simple man. I hear shrock. I’m happy

[@sh4rksludg3]

My mother’s family has an African grey. It knew how to sing old McDonald. One time he was singing it with my mom and kept leaving out the word farm. So my mom corrected him and started over a few times. She went to correct him another time and he just screamed FARM right on her face. She was young and it made her cry, but she told me this story when I was a kid and I laughed so hard. It’s so cool to know animals like this is exist, much less see them. We love Apollo!!

[@ericwollam5532]

My favorite part of these videos is when he repeats stuff like "good bird" like, it really shows how much he's loved and I think this fact goes unappreciated. Alot of other videos of parrots will show them repeating negative stuff like swear words or their owner telling them to "shut up" or something, but in all the videos I've seen on this channel, its been nothing but positivity from him. I'm glad Apollo gets to live his best life

[@fiddlechrome]

yeah, the most negative i've seen him parrot on the channel are "no chewing" and "apollo no" which could just be from apollo chewing on things he's not supposed to

[@unemilifleur]

The most reprimanded he gets is « No chewing!! »

[@languid-4535]

@@ericwollam5532 exactly this is how you can tell when a bird is well loved when you hear them repeat stuff like “who’s a pretty bird?” “I love you” “good bird” “good job” it’s always heartwarming to see these

[@FeuerblutRM]

4:35 his self-booping 🤣He's too adorable.

[@hyperion3145]

I have heard birds imitate chainsaws and construction equipment but that sound caught me off guard

[@ValeriePallaoro]

But how'd he learn, 'touch your butt'?

[@stephaniewood6133]

That knife sharpening sound is insane!

[@happy_party_train]

I love how he has a phone call with himself and when he doesn’t know who it is he hangs up LOL

[@demonschnauzer1555]

Apollo speaks: 1- African gray (first language) 2- American English 3- iPhone 4- Caique

[@R.KingSpade]

And he knows a little bit of chicken. not enough to be conversational, but he's getting the basics. 😂

[@gretelmolgora5688]

6:37 he says “Soleil” and then he sounds like her!!!! ❤❤❤❤so smart!!!!!!!

[@siddiquenaim]

yess

[@yehhshhs]

AWWW THATS INDEED SOOO SWEET OMGG

[@DanielledeVreede]

Really impressed with how he names some things you frequently ask and then praises himself (good bird/good boy). Shows that he really knows what it means and that it's connected to him saying those things

[@75hilmar]

Seems like he is retelling the story that occurred to him

[@ljmcdonald2703]

African Greys are the only parrots that can comprehend meaning they know what they’re saying if that makes sense

[@DeepfriedBeans4492]

I think the fact that he’s just randomly repeating it over and over here shows he doesn’t quite fully know what it means lol, obviously these birds are actually very intelligent and can understand many things to some extent but they also often just repeat words or sentences they’ve heard in incorrect contexts

[@citizenvulpes4562]

​@@DeepfriedBeans4492 The fact he can name them when asked to shows he understands.

[@DeepfriedBeans4492]

@@citizenvulpes4562 what? I said ‘Apollo often repeats words or phrases he doesn’t understand’, you saying that he also sometimes uses words he does understand doesn’t contradict my statement

[@volvodoc01]

Love hearing him just randomly chatting/acting things out, giving himself boops on the nose…and just chilling, and being a one feeted birb (what we call it when my grey rests on one foot and ticks up the other leg making it hidden). Dank birb

[@Bunz.bunnie]

Especially the boops this time! He is so smart for being so young!

[@volvodoc01]

@@Bunz.bunnie facts! Imagine him in 5 years… or even 10!

[@romulus_rex]

The way he tries to say "plastic" ❤️

[@xyz7572]

P L A S K

[@ljmcdonald2703]

Letter k

[@matthewtopping2061]

Lots of people marvel at Apollo's language skills, which are impressive for a parrot. But I was blown away by his asking "What?" for clarification when he didn't catch something. That's unheard-of in animals.

[@AyaDragonheart]

I absolutely adore how he stopped talking to listen intently when you were explaining the Z sound in bowser. I really admire the amount of effort you’ve put into his education, and he’s got some of the clearest enunciation i’ve heard on a gray. oh goodness, and the way you can tell the difference between words he’s been taught and phrases he’s just picked up from hearing you say? delightful 😄

[@eetuthereindeer6671]

Yes the Z in the word that has no Z in except for when you pronounce it English is awful

[@jorie42]

I love how he's having both sides of the conversation himself.

[@KathrynsWorldWildfireTracking]

2:55 - There! Apollo did it. When birds memorize a sound - their eyes "pin." Pupil contraction/dilatation. Usually very rapidly. Whenever my mynah bird did that, I knew what was just heard was etched permanently into his brain. It's like an old hard drive ticking. :) Whenever he does that, in learning sessions - you'll know exactly what he'll start saying from here on out.

[@brendalg4]

I don't see anything. It looks like he blinks at 2:46.

[@PepperoniMilkshake]

I do love his crazy ramblings 🤣 And it's a good day when you hear *G L A S S*

[@janedoe1776]

I love how he listens so intently when Dalton is sounding out words to him. Too cute

[@EDoyl]

wow, Apollo takes practicing so seriously! 2:56 is adorable, paying full attention to a lesson. Such a diligent and funny bird.

[@user-lx5yp8kx2s]

This is a certified SHROCK moment.

[@nevenasterikova3335]

Look at minute 3:00 how he just freezes and listens. Such a smart boi. Please gib him pistach.❤️

[@nico_8510]

finally explaining what "shrock" is.. "Shrock...Shrek...Rock..."

[@aporue5893]

SHROCK *shows a picture of the rock as shrek*

[@elyen1151]

Yes, a hybrid of Shrek and rock, trolls are strange. There was this stone-troll somewhere... Neverending Story?🤔

[@brendalg4]

I just found the channel the other day. I knew this... Maybe he thinks they don't get it

[@GrammyGottaGo]

I thought Shrock was the Shrek Croc. I’m so confused 😂

[@everesthines2228]

shrock

[@betorodolpho]

My girlfriend laugh when I speak like apollo. "What is this made of? Glass", "Shhhhrock" lol This is addictive!

[@edwennlhybride]

The fact he can imitate sounds like banging is just mind blowing, he's so clever !!

[@kristinwood8884]

We had a glass table next to the front door, when we would come home, we would often drop our keys on the table as we shut the door. When it was just our African Grey (Smokey) and I, if I left the area where he could interact with me (bathroom, laundry room, etc.) he would mimic that sound and loved to trick me, when I would come rushing out, he would laugh and laugh.😊 I miss him every single day.

[@RockandRollWoman]

Knife sharpening blows my mind!

[@smudgerat9624]

When he plays through an interaction where he earns a pistash, it reminds me of kids playing with dolls or writing stories. I get the impression he’s doing it because those interactions make him happy (as well as just practising/playing with sounds). I’d like to know whether Tori had just come home or if he was just enjoying saying “Tori’s home”. Oh and I love seeing him sound out plastic, he’s taken your tutelage on board, it’s more than just “I want to get this sound right”, he’s engaging with the learning technique not just blindly learning from it.

[@vicroc4]

It's amazing to watch him process a sound. Much more methodical than a human baby learning to speak.

[@accalya271]

I love it when birds sit somewhere comfortable and just chitchat away 🥰 I could listen to it for ever. Apollo practising like a good smart boy 😉

[@yehhshhs]

PLS MAKE MORE OF THESE UNCUT APOLLO TALKING VIDEOS I WANNA WATCH THIS ALL DAY IN MY ROOM LITERALLY ALL DAY.

[@235c]

hes having a shrock day

[@lordrefrigeratorintercoole288]

Also i can hear he makes lots of Nintendo Switch noises, and MarioKart or something Character select screen. I do love how Birds enter DEMO MODE if you dont interact with them, and they start repeating everything they heard haha

[@FioreCiliegia]

Its amazing how they can mimic computer and phone beeps in a way a person never could!

[@Comet701]

I remember back in the early 2000's answering my phone, but nobody was calling. Then saw a crow in a tree nearby who had learned the Nokia ringtone and decided that was his mating call.

[@the_nikster1]

I love that he gives himself nose boops! so cute! ❤

[@ychinchilly]

From what I've observed from Apollo booping himself, he might be a right-legged birb 🐦

[@superbrownbrown]

*He always takes and eats pistachios with his left talon.*

[@annehaight9963]

Parrots can have a dominant foot. My lovebird hen definitely prefers to use her right foot for most things.

[@madameghostie]

Shrockin’ around the Christmas tree

[@Majima_Nowhere]

He knows Rock, and he knows Shrek. He still says Shrock just to mess with us.

[@Windbadger]

When Apollo repeated Cork for the third time (with added emphasis)... I felt that.

[@MalcolmCooks]

at first he seems to be randomly repeating phrases, but I get the feeling this is him kinda processing and reinforcing his learning. especially the way he stops and listens intently when you correct him.

[@TheNotthediver]

Toddlers do this and so do autistic kids who are learning to talk later on, it's called rambling

[@Donnies_lil_ding_ding]

Love when he goes into learning mode.

[@LordmonkeyTRM]

I could literally watch a 24/7 livestream of Apollo. His teachings and philosophies will be studied by future generations.

[@Emiliano88888]

His knife sharpener imitation is ON POINT!! Keep it up, Apollo😁😁

[@matthewboire6843]

He asks questions to himself and answers them himself and then congratulates himself, he is training in such a wholesome way.

[@kittymama6317]

"I touch ya butt" Apollo! Where did you learn that! Lol

[@yehhshhs]

must feel so good to hear appolo say :''TORI'' cute babyy

[@yekkow1]

Apollo is having a full on conversation with himself to then be interrupted by CORK and Shrock. something about him stopping mid conversation to yell CORK gets me.

[@gretelmolgora5688]

Amazing, adorable little guy. Innocent, intelligent, curious, funny, sweet, cute… i love him❤

[@Annieisnthome]

He is amazing! The way he put together "Earn a pistach, touch cork, corK, corK, letter Khh." What a gifted birdie boy!

[@CooperDooper38]

4:56 almost looks and sounds like he's trying to portray drinking out of a glass, holding his foot up and going "glug glug glug"

[@aprildenham5376]

My first thought (about 30 seconds earlier) was "he's pretending to hold a cell phone, isn't he?"

[@skrdykatjunior6125]

Was he blowing kisses?! Making a kissing noise then flicking his foot out by his beak. Looked like it. I love this so much, so calming!!! 🪷 💕

[@karav8133]

I think he’s “booping” his own beak

[@escribopapelitos]

He can say Tori in Dalton's voice, now we need him to say Dalton in Tori's voice. My favorite phrase here is "watch your butt"

[@posthistoricdino422]

followed by a perfectly imitated snapchat notification which, in a way, does make you watch your butt

[@Seraco5735]

8:14 clearly he's expressing his love for the pokemon torkoal

[@томни]

1:13 i like how he remembered siri opening sound and made it higher pitched

[@sallymoore4035]

Apollo is fabulous! Trying to get Dalton's attention by reciting all his lessons and answering the questions himself! What he wants is a pistachio!? I would so love a parrot like Pollo!!!

[@cheryldowling6647]

I never heard a bird speak in complete sentences before. I think he's hinting for a treat. It cracks me up how he says his name and then says what, like someone else said his name.

[@madchenyt]

i was going to say that it's super sweet when apollo says "letter k-AW" and goes on training as if he's a child using a calligraphy book, but i lost it completely when he said "tori soleil" as if it was tori's middle or last name. i do really love apollo! 😂💛

[@Emza5694]

I love how whenever Dalton corrects him, Apollo's face is just like "did I f**king ask you?" 😂

[@Silllywalks]

it's clear that Apollo is very loved! he seems so comfortable and happy to be himself and speaks affectionately of his parents... so cute.

[@ksh2596]

He even acts his answers like he's actually touching materials and all 😂

[@Sandybowls_9001]

It's so cute how he plays your games by himself. You can tell he really loves you guys.

[@knicknevin9975]

"Hello? Who is this?" "Oh, I touch your butt" Having Apollo answer the phone for solicitors could be potentially hilarious. Or it might get you sued 🙃

[@xminusone1]

I was talking with someone on the phone and they thought that I had children around because my African grey made so much noise and said some stuff, made telephone sounds fart noises and was saying silly words. I had to explain that it wasn't my kids but my parrot. He was talking so perfectly that he was impossible to distinguishes him from a real person. He spoke with my voice, my girlfriend and kids voice and do many other noises like the microwave buzzer and the telephone ringing.

[@MaryDunford]

I look forward to the day someone sues a parrot for being a parrot. The paperwork. Questioning the bird. The comments and coverage. The inevitable humiliation. Entertainment overload. 😂

[@fiddlechrome]

@@MaryDunfordace attorney:

[@RugsRabbit]

ahh that's so good how he rewarded himself for saying shrock

[@johngurnhill8743]

His face when you said about bowser 🤣🤣

[@evalabisak6991]

"What's this about?" "Glass" It's always about glass

[@TheTantabus.]

Playing this while I’m writing fanfiction to give myself the true bird experience of ambient noise constantly

[@xanderscookingschool1497]

I love hearing Apollo attempt to say Bowser. Maybe because I just love Bowser with a burning passion.

[@FireLord45]

1:13 dang that notification was perfect

[@siam5579]

He’s a comedian, so funny 😂 he’s also extremely smart!! What a bird!!

[@justsaraki6593]

Hes perfectly imiting the knife... He could participate in horror movies sound design lol

[@jtotheroc]

Well at least Apollo cannhold a conversation with himself. Whether it be demanding himself to touch cork, saying "Shrek + Rock = SHROCK," calling his sister Soliel.

[@ryaj2356]

Love how he looks at you when you talk about bowzer lol

[@partyboi9082]

i love how he talks to himself! it almost seems like he's fondly remembering earning snacks and playing games, just like, out loud lol we're so lucky we get to know creatures like this :)

[@JaQba91]

When Dalton says „stinky” Apollo looks like „wait, hold on, - wtf are you talking about, i’m ok” 😂

[@Dorito230]

He is so cute doing the boop thing with his own foot.

[@jamthehuman]

What's this? ShROcK! Good bird!

[@Arkalius80]

I think Apollo might be a little bitter that he doesn't get praised for his hilarious shrock jokes!

[@Lampe2020]

7:58 That water drop sound XD (it's funny for me no matter if a real water drop, Apollo or myself causes it)

[@Lugiaskr]

him making caique sounds and saying soleil... so true

[@megmills1697]

He is definitely by far my favorite African gray

[@ToggsMonger]

I am amazed at how not only does Apollo mimic Dalton’s phrasing, but the actual sound, tone and timbre of his voice is a duplicate of Dalton’s - eerie…

[@Mzrhoyalty2]

I just love that little "oh" thing he does 😂🫶🏾

[@SimVU]

I really love Apollo's antics, but I truly appreciate the owners letting us experience Apollo in bite sized portions. Apollo is wonderful in 5 minute segments. 12 hours of Apollo all day, every day is why I wouldn't have one of my own though. The idea of a CAG is wonderful, but that reality would wear me down over time. I'd like to believe I could give one a good quality of life, but the time requirements look daunting to me. I have a Senegal currently. She is quiet bird overall, but has her moments with calls. A CAG is on a whole different level of responsibility and time involvement. My Senegal will quietly just sit on my shoulder for hours. I think a CAG would be Apollo mode 12 hours a day. I suppose every bird is different so my mileage would vary I guess. I do work from home in my office. That at least is a great positive for a parrot.

[@lilypartida]

Super late to the party but I appreciate that you know your limits and what you can handle instead of impulsively getting a parrot and then rehome it bc it’s too much 😢

[@SimVU]

@@lilypartida the idea of a CAG is wonderful. The reality is probably something a lot different. I have two Senegals at the moment, I've added one since my previous post. My second Senegal is much different than my first, as it talks and is very nippy and is also a handful. It's been great so far though.

[@snugglebunnyskullcrusher]

Love the random, sneaky farts he mixes in.

[@aarde7036]

That's incredible how Apollo listens to you whilst spelling !! The focus is tremendous. I love this video, unedited insight in your live with him and how he develops. He clearly loves learning from you. And it is mindblowing how much is going on in his head! Only two years young and already like this, he's a schrockingly clever bird.

[@ukstevengill]

He is absolutely amazing! I've just happened upon this channel by accident and I'm in love with him! There's obviously a different between intelligence and just mimicking. Hes rehearsing and recapping on what hes learning which is amazing. Hes putting his claw to his cheek and beak mimicking what he's doing doing with his hand so obviously knows a hand is a claw equivalent. So many things have amazed me to mention. Thank you so much for sharing!

[@too_tired_for_this]

He’s having the time of his life up there, and I’d be laughing myself to death 😅

[@jarbasbarros3726]

so cute how he pays so much attention to the lesson on 3:01

[@AjZombie08]

Dude is absolutely VIBIN at 9:04

[@lizzieandmocha1131]

The knife sharpening! Amazing! Apollo is so, so, so, smart!

[@lianefehrle9921]

He knows how to play games by himself. He does his homework very well.

[@Stardust_Lei978]

ive gotten so used to hearing him speak that it's somehow more jarring when he does normal bird calls