The latest website: Unable to resist Little Morgan's obsession, within a few days, Stark got back a big, energetic parrot, and took it to find Shi Xiaolei again.

"Didn't you say you want to get a kitten or a puppy? Why did you change it to a parrot?"

He took out a few nuts and held them in his palm, watching the parrot peck open the hard shell with its curved beak and eat the nuts inside with relish. Shi Xiaolei raised his hand to touch the gray and white feathers on the parrot, and asked Stark curiously.

"You know, the purpose of keeping a pet is to find a companion, so how long the pet's lifespan and how many years it can be with the owner is also a very important reference factor." Sitting on the sofa with legs crossed, Stark threw a grape into his mouth, and the old **** replied: "Little Morgan is a good child with a kind heart. If the pet she keeps around dies of old age, she will cry very sadly. Sigh~, I can't bear to think about it, so, in order to fundamentally solve the problem, I brought her such a parrot back."

"Hearing what you said, I remembered it. Birds like parrots seem to live for many years."

"It also depends on the species. Small parrots can live for about ten years, and those of medium size can live longer. On average, they can live for about twenty to fifty years. Like this A cockatoo should be able to live for sixty or seventy years, maybe even eighty years." Taking another grape and stuffing it into his mouth, Stark continued: "This is the one I picked. It took a long time to choose, not only for being pretty, but also for being young enough.”

"So how old is it now?"

"Just turned three years old. Like it, it usually doesn't lay its first clutch of eggs until it's four or five years old, which means...you get the idea."

"Not yet an adult? Isn't it..." Seeing that the parrot had eaten up a few nuts, Shi Xiaolei took out a few more pine nuts and continued: "I have grown so big before I was an adult. If it takes another year or two, Tsk tsk~."

"It shouldn't grow much more. I asked the guy who sold me the parrot, and he said that the average size of a cockatoo is about this size." Maybe the grapes were too sweet, Stark stood up and said Gu Zi walked towards the wine cabinet in the corner of the living room: "Actually, it doesn't matter if you grow up a little bit, anyway, Little Morgan must grow faster than him."

"It's true. Then what, pour me a glass too." Shi Xiaolei greeted Stark, and smiled: "Little girl, do you know that you brought her a parrot back? You probably haven't seen it yet."

"No, I wanted to give her a surprise, so I came to you first." While pouring the wine, Stark responded, "Do you want ice cubes?"

"need."

There was a jingle and the ice cubes slid into the glass. Stark unscrewed the cap very skillfully, and slowly poured the amber liquor into the cup.

"Here." Walking back with two glasses of wine, Stark handed out the glass in his left hand and urged Shi Xiaolei: "What are you waiting for, take out the meatball that was shown last time. After you introduced it, I was really curious in my heart and wanted to see how it works."

"Now?" Raising his eyebrows, Shi Xiaolei smiled speechlessly: "Dude, did you miss a key point? Or, when I introduced the details to you that day, your ears went awry?"

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"Have you forgotten, I already made my words very clear that day." Looking at Stark with a confused face, Shi Xiaolei could only speak clearly: "After eating the meatballs, the person who fed them will be recognized as the master. If Now take it out and feed it directly, it will only treat me as its master, not Little Morgan."

"Uh..." With an embarrassing look on his face, Stark unconsciously raised his hand and scratched the back of his head: "It seems to be the case, well, I made a mistake."

"You, what can I say about you." Shaking his head, Shi Xiaolei was also speechless.

"I just..." opened his mouth, thought about it and thought it was unnecessary, Stark simply shook his head again: "Forget it, don't say it."

"Huh? If you have anything to say, just say it straight away. What's the point of keeping half of what you say?"

"Well, it's actually because I still have a little selfishness." Pinching his fingers to pinch a small gap, Stark explained with a smile: "Didn't you say before, as long as you eat one Maruko, can you train him right away?"

"Hmm, so what?"

"Kittens and puppies, no matter how much you train them, that's the way it is. I mean... no matter how smart they are, they can only learn some movements, and they can't communicate with humans through language." Looking at Shi Xiaolei, Sta A gleam flashed in Ke's eyes: "If it is a parrot, it will be different. This kind of bird not only has a high IQ, but can also imitate human speech. You can imagine, if after eating the meatballs, It learned to speak very quickly, and it didn't just learn one sentence slowly, but learned many sentences at once..."

Expanding his imagination and thinking about it for a while, Shi Xiaolei also became amused.

"Judging its IQ through dialogue? Then, how strong is the training effect of pushing the ball back?"

"Bingo~!" Snapped his fingers, Stark grinned proudly: "Pure imitation means that the training effect of the meatball is only 'teaching well'. But if the dialogue can be completed, it means The training effect of the meatball is more powerful, and it has reached the level of "teaching to understand". Although there is only one word difference, the gap here...hehe, I think you should also know how big it is."

"Well..." After pondering for a few seconds, Shi Xiaolei nodded lightly, and also showed a somewhat curious smile: "Listening to what you said, I suddenly remembered some of the things I saw on TV. Fragment. It is to put a few cards marked with numbers in front of the parrot, and then give it a one-digit arithmetic problem, and let it complete the problem..."

"That's right, that's the one~!" Slapping his thigh, Stark shouted excitedly: "What's the key to choosing the correct answer from a pile of cards? It was the owner who quietly gestured and directed Did it do that? Or did it really understand the question and calculate it by itself? Ordinary viewers watching the scene ~lightnovelpub.net~ may not think so much, but from the perspective of scientific research... hehe , these are two completely different concepts.”

"Well, indeed." Smiling in agreement, Shi Xiaolei looked at the cockatoo on his arm again: "Then what are you waiting for, let's go to your house."

"Um?"

"Go find Little Morgan. Didn't you tell me? Let her feed herself."

"Oh." He got up and followed Shi Xiaolei for a few steps. Suddenly, Stark yelled, "Wait for me for a while", then turned and went back to the sofa, picking up the bunch of grapes from the plate on the coffee table.

"..."

"Don't look at me like that, it's just a bunch of grapes." Picking one and stuffing it into his mouth, Stark murmured indistinctly while pouting: "It tastes really good, where did you buy it? Is there anything else? I’ll share with you how many, Pepper and Little Morgan both like to eat grapes...Hey, don’t go so fast~.”

(end of this chapter)