African Grey Cosmo plays "Telephone"

Telephone for bird! was Cosmo's first joke. Before she could talk, when the phone would ring, I would shout Telephone! for her benefit and then pick up the receiver. After Cosmo found out that I was BJean, she would joyfully announce Telephone for BJean at the top of her little lungs when the phone would ring or when shed mimic the phones ring—Rrrring!

- Excerpted from Betty Jean Craige, Conversations with Cosmo, due out in print April 20, 2010. (Amazon.com)

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[Fruitdot]

This is just adorable!! :D I love the part when Cosmo says "you've reached..." and the wrong numbers, then laughs, then says the right numbers! xD Our CAG Malaika will joke by saying: "What does the dog do?" then miaow like a cat before the typical "he he he" laugh, because she knows that she said wrong! :p

[cosmotalks]

@Fruitdot .  Hi, Fruitdot. Now Cosmo is listening to this video and whistling back! She recognizes herself in the video. Malaika must ve very clever too! Thanks for writing! --Betty Jean Craige

[cosmotalks]

Hi, Fruitdot. Cosmo jokes similarly with me. She says of one of the dogs, "Mary has feathers! Noooo. Hehehe." Then she says, "Mary has fur!" She knows that I'll laugh when she says "Mary has feathers." --Betty Jean Craige

[lewisgreen100]

dont the parrot do your head in like you could be in bed an he doing all that haha

[mrfox831]

@cosmotalks you sound fucking hott!!!!

[ahorsecalledgavin]

Cosmo is awesome - her laugh is just brilliant, and I'll bet she sounds just like you, because she doesn't sound like a bird!! Thanks for sharing.

[birdlady423]

Cosmo is amazing and so very precious.