I recently observed ten or so yellow parakeets playing in a cage at a pet store. They were having the best time playing "keep away" with one yellow feather approximately two inches long.
At one point one of the parakeets was stuck on his back and could not roll over. Right away most of the other parakeets circled around the one in distress and stood completely still and stared at it. The bird on the ground was kicking his feet and rolling back and forth trying to right himself. A couple of the parakeets started to pull on his feathers, something I once witnessed a healthy parakeet do to a sick parakeet - a sign of affection or a sign of "it's over for you now get out of here!"?
Soon enough the parakeet on the ground was up and playing with the others as if nothing had happened. Or not, who knows what lurks in the mind of a revengeful parakeet?
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