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One of the truly wonderful features of the African Grey parrot is that they are one of the best talkers amongst the parrot kingdom.  They have an amazing ability to mimic words and sounds.  This ability makes them one of the funniest parrots to own.  When the parrot is happy in its living conditions, their ability to memorize words and noises is an amazing experience for their owners, espeically new African Grey parrot owners.

Not only can the African Grey talk and talk well, they can develop a large vocabulary and to the extent that you can almost have a conversation with them.  Their ability also extends to stringing a number of words together to make a sentence which astounds most people who have not heard a parrot do that before..

Another ability they have is to use the words in exactly the same manner that is used when they hear them.  This can be good or it can be bad, depending on what they are saying!  One word of warning is not to swear in front of them, because before you know it they will be swearing at you and once a parrot learns to speak a certain word, it can be almost impossible to get them to stop using it, especially if it gets a reaction from their owners or visitors.

Mimicking sounds

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Their well developed ear allows them to very quickly copy sounds they hear around the house.  It won’t be long before a happy parrot will learn to mimic the ring of a telephone or the door bell and many a parrot owner recalls how they have been caught with this way.

Companionship

It is these abilities that make the African Gray parrot the friend that it is to its devoted owner.  I think all pet owners like to have a strong interaction with their pets and most certainly if the African Grey is treated correctly, the parrot owner won’t be disappointed.

He is a medium sized parrot of about 10 – 14 inches fully grown, which is an ideal size for a house parrot.  He is not as colorful as some of his fellow parrots, but his personality certainly makes up for that.

The African Grey also is quite a character and this endears him to his owner.  In most cases, like any pet, the more personality they have they will have more interaction with their owner.  It will be a win/win situation for both owner and parrot.

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