- The pet gives his owners in Nevada, USA, an incomprehensible piece of his mind
- They were baffled as they captured the moment he shrieked in their home
- Despite their efforts and his ‘decent vocabulary’ they couldn’t decipher a word
- The teenage bird twitches and thrusts his dead during the emphatic display
This is the moment a grumpy cockatoo decided to give his owners a piece of his mind.
The 15-year-old bird, named Hamlet, unleashed an incomprehensible tirade in Nevada.
His owners claim he has a vocabulary worthy of his Shakespearean namesake, but admitted they were baffled by his babble while he played in their Pahrump home on October 9.
The grumpy outburst can’t be blamed on old age, as the umbrella cockatoo – also known as a white cockatoo – can live for up to 60 years in captivity.
In his teenage strop, Hamlet can be seen thrusting his back and forth while adopting an almost defensive posture as he shrieks and gurgles at his owners, who were unable to decipher any words in the emphatic display.
Hamlet throws off the ordinarily affectionate nature associated with umbrella cockatoos to give his owners a piece of his mind
Despite having an allegedly decent vocabulary, Hamlet’s outburst was incomprehensible
He shakes his head from side to side while remaining rooted to the floor and rapidly opening and closing his hooked bills.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature classes umbrella cockatoos, which originate in Indonesia, as endangered.
The cockatoo jerks his head back and forth, shaking it from side to side in the baffling display
The birds were popular pets during China’s Tang Dynasty, which stretched from 618 CE to 907 CE.
When not in captivity, they favour living in hollow trees, but are favoured as pets due to their ordinarily affable and affectionate nature.