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Rocco, the African gray parrot in Britain, tried to order groceries by talking to Amazon Alexa, he was rescued by the National Animal Welfare Trust, lives in the house of Marion Wischnewski.
New DelhiImagine how you would feel if a pet or bird in your house starts shopping on its own. You must be thinking what kind of nonsense is this, where it is said like this! But this has happened. This story happened a few years ago and has once again come to the attention of people on the internet. This is such an interesting incident that everyone will be surprised to know it. This case is from Britain where a parrot started shopping using Amazon’s smart speaker Alexa. At the center of this story is an African gray parrot who surprised everyone with his human-like behavior. The name of this parrot is Rocco, who talks to Amazon’s smart speaker Alexa, listens to songs and even tries to order groceries online.
Rocko was once rescued from the road by Britain’s animal charity National Animal Welfare Trust. The staff there told that this parrot is very talkative and often abuses. Therefore, Marion Wischnewski, a member of the organization, took him to her home so that he could live in a peaceful environment. But little did they know that this parrot would turn out to be crazy about technology.
fell in love with alexa
After coming home, Rocko became especially fond of Alexa. He would talk to him the whole day, give commands and listen to songs. One day when Marion checked her shopping list, she found things like strawberries, broccoli and ice cream included in it. Actually, Rocko himself tried to order all this from Alexa. Once she even ordered groceries worth about three dollars, but the order got canceled because login verification was turned on in Marion’s account. “If it weren’t for the safety feature, Rocko would probably have brought grocery boxes to our house,” Marianne jokes.
Friendship and digital fun with Alexa
Marion later said that “Rocko started watching the whole family talking to Alexa, so he started too. Now he makes Alexa play songs himself, especially romantic or dance tunes.” Rocko’s favorite things include watermelon, raisins and ice cream.
Amazing intelligence of animals
African gray parrots are considered to be among the most intelligent birds in the world. Along with imitating voices, they can also understand human emotions. Rocko is a living example of this, who not only built a relationship with technology like humans, but also proved that smartness is not limited to humans only.
