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In this recording Victor is asking about his new mate Betty. Up until this point he really was not sure he liked her. Finally she starts to grow on him and he says that he might want to marry her. It is quite amazing how he starts wondering where she came from and what she was doing before she arrived.
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In this recording Victor is upset that Betty is eating his seeds and getting some of his cheese. It was not until after he died that I realized how upset and emotional he really was. If you listen carefully you may be able hear him scream out "I hate her." in kind of a chirp sort of way. He almost sounds like he is sobbing in this one as well.
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In this recording Victor sees some pooppoo near my computer and tells me it's there. I thought he said it was mine, so it said "it's not my poopoo, it's yours. He then gets upset at and threatens to take me to court because he claimed it wasn't his. The funny part comes at the end where he says that accusing him was a bad joke because it was made by mice.
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The day prior to this Betty was picking on Victor and pushing him around a lot. I told Victor he shouldn't let her get away with it. As a result Victor stood up for himself and she backed down. After that Betty was upset with me for siding with Victor and this is the little bit of budgie mischief that she imagined to get even with me. Victor starts off by telling me the joke Betty made about me.
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Just prior to this my wife and are having a discussion about my son and I being on the computer so much and how we should limit the amount of time we watch TV. Victor listens to the conversation and has his own point of view. It is really cute how he refers to my son and wife as little people. The only problem is I kind of look at him as a little people too.
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Victor is very excited because Betty says her first words in the computer and is recorded. You can hear the excitement in his voice and how proud he is. He refers to himself as a teacher who is just like me in teaching him to talk. Unfortunately later on Victor gets upset and jealous because he thinks Betty is trying to take his place as the best talking budgie.
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Victor the budgie made more than 100 recordings and had a proven vocabulary of over 800 words. He understood their meanings and used them to talk in context. He lived from 1997 to March of 2001. He was the first parrot in the world to prove that he could talk in context and understand what he was saying. Here are a few of his most remarkable recordings.
