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From: duane@cbnewsj.att.com (duane.galensky)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: INDOOR: Wall Street Journal, May 9, 1990
Keywords: INDOOR
Message-ID: <1990May21.200135.6215@cbnewsj.att.com>
Date: 21 May 90 20:01:35 GMT
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In article <1990May16.151536.24305@cbnewsd.att.com> heneghan@cbnewsd.att.com (joseph.t.heneghan) writes:
>with that word. Steve Martin, the bird trainer said that birds make bad
>pets. I think he was refering to the fact that they are always
>going to be a little wild, they'll occasionally bite, they'll occasionally
>crap on your shoulder. Normally your cat or dog can be trained a little
>bit better. However, this concept of speech more than makes up for their
>wild behavior. 
>					Joe Heneghan

steve martin obviously never owned a house-trained cockatoo who
would rather cuddle than bite or crap or eat or anything else
for that matter...not a great "talker" but this kinda lends to
his dignity as an animal in and of his own right...

duane