Death Metal Cockatoo (Video)

I present to you the Death Metal Parrot (technically, a cockatoo). Related: Death Metal Dog. (Thanks, Dean Putney)

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@12: My budgerigars (tiny parrots) seem to prefer The Smashing Pumpkins

My metal-snob lorikeets sneer condescendingly at your budgies and sarcastically offer to pick them up in the minivan after the Good Charlotte concert.
Anonymous

HATE BEAK!
Jesse M.

Here’s one that likes “shake your tailfeathers” by Ray Charles:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bt9xBuGWgw

Also, here is an interesting little article where some neuroscientists actually tested whether different animals can follow the rhythm of music, and they found that Only vocal mimics–primarily parrots, as well as one Asian elephant–could do so, the team discovered. (One elephant has been shown to imitate truck noises (ScienceNOW, 23 March 2005), a sign of vocal mimicry.) “It does seem that vocal mimicry and keeping a beat rely on the same neural mechanisms,” says Schachner.
Anonymous

Panterakeet
hairfool

Rockatoo
Anonymous

I think the correct genre is avarian metal according to hatebeak. feather metal just sounds silly.
Anonymous

Way to ruin the party #14
doktor tchock

120 cat mosh pit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQqA3LvDsxE

there’s something magical about animal videos with death metal overdubs.
Contrasoma

I’ll admit it, the metalhead in me was itchin’ to post a snarky “actually, that’s not death metal” comment if the music turned out to be Slayer or Emperor, but with Cannibal Corpse, there’s no correction required. Carry on.
fledchen

My budgerigars (tiny parrots) seem to prefer The Smashing Pumpkins for their jam sessions, but they enjoyed singing along with this video.
Anonymous

Hatebeak:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatebeak

:)
Anne K.

He does have a most suitable mohawk for some headbanging.
Anonymous

Not as good as HATEBEAK.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatebeak
nutbastard

DEATH METAL DOG!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDt4mSspe04
MrJM

\m/ \m/
Bart

I’ve heard of hair metal, but never feather metal.
Xeni Jardin

@NUTBASTARD thanks updating!
LightningRose

If death metal is a bit rough on your ears, check out Snowball, the dancing Cockatoo.

http://www.youtube.com/user/BirdLoversOnly
Anonymous

Bird hates noise,

Bird attempts to dig noise out of earhole with talon,

Bird freaks out in attempt to scare noise away.

hopeless.