Parrot Reacts to Grasshopper on a Leash

RIP Bowl. Just further evidence that Dalton is peak Florida Man.
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[@sweptashore]

*Crosses "see grasshopper on a leash" off bucket list*

[@sweptashore]

@@MrPortajohn *mic drop*

[@jackieboy1593]

Wait, you forgot to cross off "Cross Dressing on Metro in Bogota getting Pesos thrown at me"

[@TH3V0ID.]

@@jackieboy1593 i just checked it Off, i can go now.

[@maxmacleod8068]

The bowl list

[@cathyorlowski1951]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@SapphFire]

0:20 "Let's see if I can remember how to do this" Does that imply that it's not the first time Dalton has put a grasshopper on a leash?

[@Busy_Bee_123]

Wait a minute... Ferb I know what I'm gonna do today

[@EhhhCanadian]

I guess so lol

[@rskye11]

It's a southern kid thing. We used to do it all the time, along with lying as still as you can in a pasture to see if the buzzards will land on you.

[@Assault_Butter_Knife]

He probably comes from a family of grasshopper ranchers

[@morganchristmas602]

​@@rskye11yep.

[@lavenderlunacy]

Apollo is more afraid of a birthday cake than a grasshopper.

[@morganchristmas602]

Or a snake

[@aogasd]

To be fair, birds eat bugs in the wild, so it probably instinctively looks tastier than a cake

[@rastabincoolie1]

That bug must be more terrified than anything 😂

[@AlexorPwnsAll]

Also if you put candles on it it’s got actual fire on it. Scary stuff for a widdle bird.

[@knicksknoggin]

Same thou . I’m more afraid of empty calories then insects

[@TheArbiter10]

Dalton can fix cars, train birds, and lasso grasshoppers. A man of many talents.

[@fuccaroundfindout]

truly a man off all culture

[@hanako-kun2039]

Haha yes 🤣 that's the type of man I need in my life 😂

[@_letstartariot]

‘Lasso grasshoppers’ is not something I thought I’d ever see written.

[@Kriskirby1992]

Flying IS super-effective against bugs (but weak to rrrrrrock)

[@volksdude1970]

Rrrrrrock is weak to Pouring Water.

[@NitroIndigo]

@@volksdude1970 Pouring water is weak to paper.

[@Alararar]

​@@NitroIndigo Paper is weak to fire. Fire. FIRE. F I R E. 🔥

[@whohan779]

Your rocks can fly? 🤔

[@CandyHatsuneWolff]

@@Alararar Thettle down, Beavith. 😂

[@PepperoniMilkshake]

Getting a grasshopper on a leash sounds like a Floridian tradition

[@brandoniscol1603]

As a Floridian, I would like to confirm that every 10th of each month, we put a grasshopper on a leash.

[@moppupaws]

@@brandoniscol1603 this is fantastic news

[@suzispatz7976]

Another Floridian here, and I prefer a shock collar to a leash for my grasshoppers. More control.

[@user-nb8fr8gn3l]

Remember everyone to please get your grasshoppers spayed or neutered.

[@Emunah13819]

Yes. South Floridian, here... Grasshoppers and lizards on tiny leashes.

[@Gulliolm]

Florida man puts grasshopper on a leash. Wow :D great :D

[@sempersolus5511]

Florida man teaches bird how to read

[@RockandRollWoman]

Florida man meme arrives in Birdland.😂

[@Helmotz.]

"The bug is contained" sounds like something from SCP

[@Anarcho_Ingsoc]

"This is class Euclid"

[@maykasaharav2k385]

SCP?

[@cometnight0]

​@@Anarcho_Ingsoc What class is this Apollo?

[@Anarcho_Ingsoc]

@@cometnight0 Euclid, since he can chew his way out of a box

[@Colddirector]

@@cometnight0 Can you say [REDACTED] Apollo?

[@Busy_Bee_123]

Imagine these grasshoppers trying to explain this to their friends "Dude and they grabbed me so I thought i was done for, right? But they put me on a string!!" "Yeah sure whatever dude" "Nah dude cause I was there! They put me in a clear chamber!" "Your both crazy" "No and then they showed us to this bird and he started trying to open the chamber!" "Yeah and they hung me and I thought for sure they were going to feed me to the bird!" "Bro come on no way all that happened to you two and they just let you go" "No it's true! I'm telling you!!"

[@Zorathefox]

I SWEAR ITA TRUE I WAS HIDING IN A BUSH WHEN IT HAPPENED

[@joyful_tanya]

Hilarious. Are you a writer or just off the cuff animal voice maker? Because I am the latter and I could seriously hear the voice. LMAO

[@RomrotMechanikos]

Alien abduction

[@Busy_Bee_123]

@@joyful_tanya Sorry for the late reply. I'm a writer

[@joyful_tanya]

@@Busy_Bee_123 well, you did an excellent job there! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@s0m3fl00fyb3an]

"Not for you, Soleil" *Sad chirping*

[@kaliru1]

Bro the grasshoppers did not sign up for show and tell 😂😂

[@Zakingcobra24]

Teach the bug to talk.😂❤

[@Tomy_Yon]

What color is this? *shrieks* What's it made off? *shrieks* That's right, good grasshopper. 😊❤

[@Ch3zzIts]

@@Tomy_Yon😂😂😂😂

[@GoldRetriever]

@@Tomy_YonGrasshopper started a pistash diet after that

[@Argeaux2]

Ophelia's like, "I want in on that pistache action!"

[@ApolloandFrens]

nice pfp

[@sebastianramadan7863]

​@@ApolloandFrenseat my Australian magpies.

[@GeckoTech_Engineer]

@@sebastianramadan7863not the magpies mate

[@sebastianramadan7863]

@@GeckoTech_Engineer would you rather eat an ibis? Maybe we gotta choose soon.

[@GeckoTech_Engineer]

@@sebastianramadan7863 yeah mate

[@merryprawn]

As a bug lady, I firmly approve 👍 those red underwings on the grasshopper are so pretty too 😍

[@AxeltheGreen]

Are you a ladybug?

[@merryprawn]

@@AxeltheGreen hehe sure 🐞

[@SongOfSongsOneTwelve]

I’ve never seen anyone harness a grasshopper😅 BTW, what a beast of a grasshopper! He was HUGE! What beautiful pink wings it had. Never seen one like that!

[@3Okami.the.werewolf97]

I actually put some insects like mantis or mole crickets on a leash when I was a kid. 😆

[@Aurorya]

- Yay grasshopers 😄 - The leash lmao 😂 - Tori is hilarious in her disgust 😂 - Ofc Appolo want to open the box lmao 😂

[@GeckoTech_Engineer]

I agree with yay grasshoppers

[@martinboyer2992]

Grasshoppers are really cool. I fail to see why the female behind the camera is disgusted. There is literally not one gross thing about them. They don't eat sh!t, you won't find them in sh!t, and they don't bite humans. What's so bad? I'd love to see her reaction to my Curlyhair tarantula😂😂😂

[@GeckoTech_Engineer]

@@martinboyer2992 ever heard of entomophobia?

[@Layla-S]

They are the kind of thing that I am scared of for no reason.

[@pemanilnoob587]

They way you so calmly touch bugs as if they’re any house pets is insane to me I can’t even be a meter close to a grasshopper without feeling ticklish in my whole body

[@chickennuggetpaw]

SAME!! This video made me feel like ants were crawling all over me, but I stayed for Apollo

[@graeme.davidson]

It is just about being willing to put yourself in the right state of mind.

[@willcormier8485]

Did you see the video where he goes and grabs a snake out of the yard to show Apollo?

[@chickennuggetpaw]

@@willcormier8485 Speaking for just myself here, but I could confidently pick up a little garden snake (as long as I knew it wasn’t deathly poisonous), but I freak out just getting too close to even very small bugs. Fears are so weird lol

[@pemanilnoob587]

@@willcormier8485well thats not scary to touch

[@thatoneguyfizz6315]

I'm amazed at Dalton's ability to tie a leash to a grasshopper

[@JoniMarzalik-bi5lh]

They grasshoppers are really cute! They have a beautiful reddish underwing!

[@Catherinzsl]

Why do I think if I searched for "grasshopper harness" I'd find several results? I'm impressed by Apollo's "bowl" for "bug." A consistent approximation.

[@mitccoo]

"What an abomination" 😂 Only in Florida grasshopper on a leash haha

[@Alresu]

Hope the hoppers are okay. Also Apollo's English accent for "bug" is adorable.

[@irenafarm]

Grasshoppers only live until fall.

[@Alresu]

@@irenafarm *Hope the hoppers were okay after this incident until their live ended in a non violent manner.

[@user-gg6lr2lc1v]

Same here❤❤

[@user-gg6lr2lc1v]

​@@irenafarmAnd?

[@frankmckenneth9254]

Imagine being that grasshopper. You're minding your own business, munching on some leaves. When sudden you're trapped inside an invisible cage, and then a giant spends 20 minutes tying a rope around you.

[@cbeautifulworld11]

I agree, it's sad the things humans do to insects just because they can, because they are small, because they exist and because humans are afraid of who/what they don't know.

[@TenshiLove5]

Just witnessed intense bug torture. Surprised it didn't die of heart attack lol. It will tell this tale like a war story to its bug grandchildren

[@nox6767]

Florida Man spends 30 minute trying to lasso a grasshopper

[@taviparker4993]

Wow those are beautiful grasshoppers 😮

[@AhmedAAlsaeed]

Dalton has zero fear of bugs

[@starspark9471]

That Soleil is one gorgeous little girl!

[@yvettelattimore6883]

I'm with you, Tori, get that thing back outside.

[@nox6767]

Put that thing back where it came from or so help me

[@GeckoTech_Engineer]

@@nox6767no, our insect friends are coming inside

[@ThePathOfEudaimonia]

It's not a "thing". Insects are also sentient beings. Not sapient like Apollo, but still living beings that have sentience.

[@stargazer-elite]

Those grasshoppers are gonna come home with wildest story and their family won’t believe anything lol

[@Stupididiot-ci5gf]

Bowl was a very polite guest.

[@eveeve9496]

Poor Jiminy Cricket😭

[@SkittleBirdie]

My parrot Is super curious! He loves looking outside, going in the car, going for walks. Maybe in the summer, I should bring him a bug to look at.

[@MaximizedAction]

That’s a big bowl

[@projektlapis5172]

The grasshopper on a leash absolutely made my evening, thank you that was amazing 🤣💙 As someone who loves bugs, I gotta say they were really pretty though! Cute little guys I get Tori though, bugs are definitely not everyone's cup of tea. Let's hope Apollo got his precious box back from the little bug guy

[@vanessak69]

Those pretty wings on the grasshopper were a surprise.

[@otakunthevegan4206]

I found the grasshoppers adorable, but Apollo still steals the show :3

[@kristinwood8884]

Floridian here, when i would go to my grandparents (one street away, so daily), occasionally one of these terrifying huge yellow grasshoppers would be clinging to the screen door, they would fill me with fear, i would run to the backyard/patio in frightful tears. Growing up in Fl. my biggest fear has always been palmetto bugs, not sharks, gators, snakes, etc. Palmetto bugs are the scariest thing in the world, huge flying roaches.😱

[@billandlizy]

I never thought I could scream until I encountered those palmetto bugs 😳 I like all creatures bugs, reptiles, spiders. Palmetto bugs are evil vile monsters 😂

[@billandlizy]

Just the other morning I was in the bathroom and a giant one started bolting towards me and I started screaming as I jumped over him and ran out the door... Leaving my pants behind 😂😂 now I keep all drains permanently plugged. No more demons have entered my ebode lol

[@kristinwood8884]

@@billandlizyI don't know what those things are, and I haven't seen one in years and years, but that gave me goose bumps just reading that. Edit: I thought the poster meant one of those giant yellow grasshopper things. But knowing that it was palmetto bug makes it even worse. 😬

[@mygirldarby]

​@@billandlizy they can't crawl up through drains from what I've read. They get in through the tiniest cracks though. We have them in Georgia too. They are nightmares. They don't want to live indoors, which is comforting, but if one gets in your house it's like a horror show. They can FLY but not well and they absolutely will launch themselves directly at you if you happen to walk in your living room when one happens to have found its way in. They are horrifying and huge and I hate them so much.

[@mygirldarby]

​@@billandlizy a few years ago I was on vacation in Florida and a palmetto bug crawled right onto me while I was lying in bed. It just casually walked across my torso as I was relaxing, reading. I jumped up and screamed, it ran away. I couldn't find it, so there was no sleeping in that room that night. We have palmetto bugs in GA too, but this was the Florida version.

[@sisselhansen3915]

Hello, familly!! If he were wild, would he eat the grasshopper? You see, here in Spain, the small, green parrots helped to free the palmtrees from an insect plague some years, ago!

[@mr.shadowofdeath9113]

Unfortunately Frens It’s Not A B U G It’s A B O W L

[@Catherinzsl]

G L A S S B O W L

[@brendalg4]

I think this shows how birds perceive things through a window. I think he was saying bowl because of the window. I wonder if he could see the bug at all when it was outside?

[@cindee1794]

Grasshopper on a leash, that's hysterical! Love the haircut, Dalton. Must feel great for the summer. 😁

[@kygal]

Daaaang, those are HUGE grasshoppers compared to the ones we se around here! Never thouht I'd see one on a leash....😊

[@buildtherobots]

As someone who dissected one of those grasshoppers in middle school it's cool to see one alive and on a leash of all things

[@toscadonna]

I could handle the grasshopper on a leash, but I file for divorce if the next bug on a leash in the house is a cockroach.😂

[@superbrownbrown]

*I think Dalton is aiming to camp out with the grasshoppers. He clearly hasn't learned anything from the T H R E E B U G S incident.* 😂

[@Miyotheblackmagegirl]

Imagine you're walking in a forest, minding your own business, when you suddenly find yourself surrounded by giants, and they tie you up and kidnap you and your friend and they show you to a wild animal that is five times your size. And then they just let you go. That poor thing 😂

[@sneetsnirt2626]

I love when the tweedle-dee and tweedle-dum birds make cameos 😊

[@tawnyt3935]

Such cute grasshoppers!

[@veryberry39]

I wish I had Dalton's bravery. Granted, the lubbers only make me flinch if they decide to jump, but is he that casual with huntsman spiders, too? I'm so terrified of those that they're forcing me out of the state, lol. Everyone has their limits! Giant freaking spiders are mine.

[@nerd1000ify]

Growing up in Queensland we always had huntsman spiders in our house, you'd see them on the walls or ceiling if you got up and switched the lights on at night. We liked them because they ate the other bugs. They're amazingly fast runners and almost seem to teleport away if they are disturbed.

[@NatiSaednejad]

I'm living for Tori's 'ewwwws' 😂😂

[@Stick_and_stone]

don't eww at them, they're cool

[@JuiceMade3603]

That’s what I’m saying!!

[@GeckoTech_Engineer]

They’re my favourite

[@elyen1151]

A "buggus box" Apollo❤I love your smaller"baby"birds so much as well💕They are so adorable The horrified bugs though -_- I am glad they didn't get hurt

[@naymeequillo]

I need "the bug is contained" on a t-shirt.

[@joeyvindictive3552]

Never thought I'd encounter a fitting place for this story...but here I am. When i was little during the mid 80's, i tried putting a leash on a grasshopper. Well, it's head came off. 2 days later the body was still hopping around without a head. Geez, i haven't thought about that probably since it happened.

[@suzispatz7976]

🤣 🙃

[@brightspacebabe]

I love how your shoes match the grasshoppers. Nice touch

[@radiotowereee8816]

i never thought id watch someone put a live grasshopper on a leash and hold it up in the air like they caught a fish

[@uabir8338]

It's not a bug, it's DINNER!

[@gangstaboy9387]

Thats so awesome, Apollo mimics your English dialect when he's around you! That blew my mind

[@gastonbell108]

All the bugs are huge in Florida, as I recall. Never saw a Shrock, however, I think they're extinct now.

[@birbluv9595]

This is one of my favorite Apollo videos! I do love bugs (spiders, snakes, etc. too) and am impressed by how Dalton got a leash around that big grasshopper. I did not know that grasshoppers were bad for birds too eat! Tori, your interaction with Dalton is priceless. Not everyone is a bug person. What I can’t stand is earwigs, and there are a lot of those where I live now. Apollo, I assume you did not really mean to call a grasshopper a bowl…

[@iamjustkiwi]

They're probably actually ok to eat honestly, but some of them ooze that gross tasting brown liquid from their mouths. I don't think those ones do though cause if I could have I would have by the point I was being put on a leash 😂

[@birbluv9595]

@@iamjustkiwi your comment, James, has given me a much-needed laugh! One of my virtual friends has just been put on hospice, and I’m heartbroken. I think I need to watch more Apollo. My brother used to pick up grasshoppers when we were kids in NY, and I’ve witnessed a lot of the brown juice!

[@RockandRollWoman]

Earwigs. Yuck.

[@MeganKugs]

@@birbluv9595 Hey, I know it’s five months on but I want to express my condolences. When a friend or family member goes on hospice it’s devastating. I hope that things went as well as they could (or are going as well as they can) and that you’ve been as okay as possible. I wish you peace and happiness going forward. 💜

[@birbluv9595]

@@MeganKugs thank you so much. I’ve had so many friends and family struggling with cancer this year (two of whom are dead now), and it’s rough. Some people say that, at my age (67) I should know my family and friends are going to drop like flies, but statistics do not relieve the pain of seeing your loved ones go.

[@AK-jt7kh]

"Let's see if I can remember how to do this" is the best line

[@uboaappears]

Florida man puts grasshopper in tiny bondage gear for his talking parrot

[@Mabra51]

0:58 If this cute fella is an abomination then so is Apollo.

[@Mythraen]

Well, I'm convinced, grasshoppers are bowls.

[@scott8619]

My wife would disappear me if I brought something like that into the house 😂

[@itzbebop]

In 3 months Dalton - what is this? Grasshopper - rrrrrrrrock Apollo - sscchhrroock

[@Noodelousart123]

I cant believe he leashed a grasshopper

[@davidca96]

"THIS IS A BUG" -Apollo using Tori voice

[@BuddhaBeanie]

The grasshopper saw it’s life in review!

[@LK-dx2oq]

That’s the biggest grasshopper I’ve ever seen!

[@enesekici3871]

You guys are adorable ❤

[@JagoShogun]

What do you mean "eWwWwW"? They're so green and pretty and friendly.

[@alexandra-zaza-burns]

The tone of Tory’s voice when he brought it inside! 🤣 I have to say I’d have been the same. Apollo was looking at it like it was lunch. It made me think of those Tom and Jerry cartoons when Tom is dreaming of a cooked Jerry like he’s a roast chicken.

[@thakyou5005]

Still don't get it why people don't like grasshoppers. They're so beautiful!

[@ascent9374]

So cute seeing the lil guy on a leash 😂❤ the way he kept readjusting it like a lil puppy padding away

[@pixiethebug]

I never knew you could put a grasshopper on a leash. 😂😂😂 NEW PET!

[@xemirahobbyless]

I fed locusts to my tarantulas, but never tried leashing them 😂

[@miriamreeves9437]

Poor grasshopper 😢😢

[@roseg.5567]

If you told me you were Kurt Cobains' secret kid, I wouldn't even bat an eye.

[@kevinlilly7641]

I would have said Daniel Radcliffe's American brother 😅

[@cbeautifulworld11]

@roseg.5567 Great call! Thanks, I couldn't place who he looked like until you said Kurt Cobain. Perfect!

[@Momo_Kawashima]

Apollo was thinking "RELEASE THE BUG RIGHT NOW! YOU WILL NOT CONTAIN THE BUG IN THE BOX! RELEASE IT I SAID!", but all he could do was chew the box

[@DetrimenttoSociety]

the Bug is not only Contained, but also Secured and Protected.

[@arvetis]

you guys must have terrifying bowls

[@chickennuggetpaw]

2:42 not even joking, I would have screamed 💀

[@VixxTheFoxx]

“What are you doing” “Bringing it inside, it’s on a leash”

[@PTstuimproveshimself]

I was gonna say… they must be in Florida after seeing those grasshoppers. We have those around where I grew up.

[@chickadeeacres3864]

Omg! I used to make slip knots with thread and put regular sized grasshoppers on a leash when I wasI was 11. Just go easy on tightening the slip knot hahahahaha!

[@atomskShadox]

Ophelia is always ready to swoop in on some snacks

[@twistedaxles9126]

**grasshopper on a leash** "ITS A BOWL"

[@nobodyimportant4778]

The giant yellow ones are called locusts. Grasshoppers only grow into locusts if their population is high enough.

[@childofcascadia]

When the text says "its a bowl" if you listen hes actually saying something closer to "its a buwlg". Like a cross between the way Tori says "bowl" and "bug"

[@LathropLdST]

"UNLEASH ME HUMAN!!!"

[@JD-gx3ms]

Poor solei just wanted a treat

[@TeleriumD12]

What kind of grasshoppers you have there in Florida that let you get close and pick them up? On the other coast our grasshoppers actually run if you try to approach them

[@missyflutter5562]

I want you to teach Apollo “abomination” now 😂

[@luciac.419]

Dalton leashes up a bug! I've never seen that done before 😅

[@GeckoTech_Engineer]

I love hearing you explain things to Apollo

[@joerosen5464]

Just havin' a bowl, with a bug!🤗

[@gabrielcannizzo]

"what an abomination" I feel you!

[@whitemagus2000]

Holy crap, your grasshoppers are as big mice at the mice around here.

[@HikariSakai]

man really put a leash on a grasshopper lol

[@alteria2714]

Grasshopper: please! Spare me! Am not teach! Apollo: lemme eat you Tori: get it away

[@theseeker3383]

Our chickens would love those grasshoppers. I used to go out by the canal and catch them for the chickens. One time fluffencluck stuck her head through the chain link fence as i was getting ready to hand feed a grasshopper i caught and she ripped its head clean off. Only its head. Was holding a headless grasshopper confused for a second. One of the other chickens ate the rest of the grasshoppers body.