cocoa is one of those birds that i will never really know how truely intelligent she is. all parrots are intelligent, without a doubt. but cocoa - her intelligence with humans and speech/vocalizations is almost uncanny. she really does say/vocalize things that fit to a particular situation...when she wants to of course.

this weekend, i was talking to my husband about something, not really funny but it was an ironic topic and she starts laughing - no one laughed to spur on her own laughter which was freaky, in a way. then i just started asking her (cocoa) questions after that...3 questions. of all the things she could say, she answered e-a-c-h one in a way that could definitely be understood as answering the question. i wish i could recount those questions and her answers, but it has been a whirlwind of a weekend. my husband and i just stared at her in amazement.

i truely think she can understand much more about human speech than i ever can imagine. and i don't really know what makes her decide when to show her talents and when to just ignore us.

she is starting to enjoy taking showers, ever since she started taking showers with our own amazon, who she adores. cocoa used to just sit there and take the shower and hope it is done soon. now, she does the amazon silly shower dance with our amazon that does this. now they truely enjoy taking showers together. cute!