“Took the birds for a spin,” says the owner. The video of the rocking animals goes viral. Users are divided about this.
Not much can be done with birds as pets? A Reddit user shows that this is simply wrong. You can also experience many adventures with them, for example on the road. He is the proud owner of two green and yellow cockatiels that are just too cute.
“Cute, but really dangerous”: Cockatiels hang out in the car in corona masks
cockatiels (Nymphicus hollandicus) are very popular and widespread as pets worldwide. They are small, slender parrots originally from the Australian continent. Only around 1840 did the first wild catches come to Europe, ten years later they should successfully bred for the first time have been.
The birds are also real explorers in their homeland and move around a lot in their distribution area. Cockatiels can be identified by their “red cheeks”, long, tapered tail and very small beak. Males are often lighter and more conspicuously colored, their face or mask is yellow, females are more muted. This also applies to young birds, which initially come after the adult female. Later, the color of the plumage changes depending on the sex. Both By the way, parent birds are also involved in breeding and take care of the offspring. They are a well-established team.
Cockatiels hang out in the car in corona masks: video goes viral
The same can be said of the Reddit user’s cockatiel couple, who seem very close. Therefore, there is no question for the Reddit user to take them for a spin together. He even gets creative as reported by landtiere.de: He hangs a string of two corona masks on the hooks on the car window on one side and the other on the hook under the handle. In it sit the two and swing back and forth due to the driving movements. The birds seem to be really enjoying themselves, because the cockatiels seem totally relaxed. No wonder, after all, you are in your personal hammock with a “built-in” swing function!
Calmly they look around and also into the camera, while in the background you can see that the vehicle the user and the birds are in is driving on a freeway. The Reddit community is largely enthusiastic. The short video clip has already generated 77,000 views and has been commented on more than 700 times. Here is a selection of the comments on the video:
- “Oh, that’s what the hook is for.”
- “Simply fly without effort”
- “Travelling with two extra bird strengths”
- “Ooh, we’re so fast”
- “Sweet, but also extremely dangerous when you have to brake.”
- “That was a video I didn’t think I needed to see. Thanks”
- “I would go on a road trip with these two in an instant.”
- “Doesn’t all that rocking make you dizzy?”
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