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		shevy-java 16 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Experts warn of growing parrot crisis in Canada [v... Except that there are: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feral_parrot#Other How many there are in absolute numbers I don't know, but your depiction of all parrots being too stupid to live in the wild is also incorrect. And other animals die too all of the time, so that is not a good assessment.

squigz 16 days ago | [–]

GP didn't say all parrots wouldn't survive - they said a majority wouldn't without a flock, which your link seems to at least partially agree with.

nkrisc 16 days ago | [–]

> And other animals die too all of the time

That’s exactly their point, the parrots are no different. The majority will die, which is what they said.

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