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I have a parrot
I have an African grey parrot, his name is Yaco (pronounce the "a" in his name the same way you'd pronounce the "a" in taco lol). He's 23 years old and the species can normally live in the range of 50-85 years old! Yes! He does do things on his own, eat, drink, play, and talk. One question you asked is "Does he ever steal food?" No, but he's worse than the dog when it comes to begging for human foods and snacks, he can have quite a vary of human foods such as some fruits, nuts, and crackers and such. Also, he has about a 300 word vocabulary and with a wide range of different sounds and noises. And with him being a parrot, he's picked up all these words, phrases, and sounds from people and movies and pets that are always often around him and in our home. He has been around 7 years longer than me. He's a very neet and VERY smart bird. In your free time go onto you.tube and search up 'Einstein the talking african grey parrot' it'll give you an idea of their intelligence.
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I hope this helps!! :)
and here's some pics from g.oogle of what an adult african grey looks like