Beautiful Parrot. Or is it?

Is it a real parrot?

 

My guess is it's carved...

... from the stump of the tree it sits on.

 

I don't think it's real. For one thing, unless I'm missing something, it looks like it only has one foot. It may be a carving, or a cleverly painted flat.
Enjoy!

 

That's cool! Took me a while to see it.

 

Parrots are a pain in the ass,,,sloppy, noisy, AND they BITE! If you must have one, get a fake one like him.....

 

It does make you think, doesn't it?

 

Yep! My Mom had one and he was a mean SOB.

 

Mine still BITES ME!!!!,,and they live forever,,he's going on twenty years. If you get fed up and yell at them, they yell LOUDER BACK!!

They are not scared of anything, he even goes after the dog,,,,

 

Amen to that. I had a cockatoo, he used to sit on your arm and gently grab your skin with his beak. Then he'd bite down with increasing pressure until you made a noise. He got a kick out of that. He's in a better place now. Got my granddaughter a fake tweety bird. It sits on a perch and just tweets when you pass by. Best 'bird' I have ever had.

 

I have 6 parrots. Best... pets... ever....

 

Yeah, I see it now too. I always enjoy stuff like this because it's so neat.

 

My dad bought one a few months back, he's still not very old. Almost a year old now I think. He's learned how to mimic the neighbor's chihuahua and he also likes to copy horror movies such as the screaming, creepy hello's, and just plain weird demonic sounds. My dad learned about that one while he was trying to go to sleep after watching a scary movie.

 

It's true they pick up everything, sometimes it just comes out of nowhere. After hearing my wife I yelled back,,I already took the garbage out!!
She laughed like hell,,I said what's wrong? She goes, that wasn't me it was Oliver!!
Some day I'm gonna choke that Bird!!

Your Dad probably thinks that's cute right now, just wait. That Bird will eventually turn into a regular Bela Lugosi and drive him out of his mind. Dont let your Pop get used to him, stick him a shoe Box and drop him off at the pet shop,,,you'll thank me believe me.

 

Yeah,,they pick at your skin, I think they are picking the dead stuff off. Then when there is no more dead stuff they go for the real thing. I like those mechanical ones,,seriously. Also, if they ever break you can easily fix them, no vet. Bills.
I'd like to fix my Bird,,,with a Hammer!

 

I had evil thoughts of giving that cockatoo a tube of super glue. My wife has an Amazon that IS a great bird. It will lay on its back on my wife's lap and play but my experience is that these birds will always be part wild.

 

My friend has one and its fun but I could never own one. I like when it starts imitating a car alarm.

 

You are correct. From what I have read if a bird is ignored even for a few days they revert back to their natural ways and no longer think of you as their parent. This of course lends them to be very defensive and territorial,,thus the biting.

Of course all are still individuals and will vary as to how long they are left on their own. This comes very much into play with love Birds, people make the mistake of buying two, thinking it would be cute seeing them having each other for company. Maybe great for the Birds but not so much for the owner who wants a pet. The two Birds are constantly reminded of exactly who they are , and who you are simply by communicating with each other.
You are no longer looked at as the Master [parent], but the invader. Most honest pet stores will avoid selling a pair, or at least explain the difference between owning one opposed to two.

 

I see a brightly colored chick.

Where's the parrot?

 

OOOOH now I see it...hell that took a while...

 

I'm a wood carver and an oil painter and sketch artist and so sometimes I can see the real shape of these optical illusions and sometimes I cannot. While it's easy for me to see the slightly warped looking parrot in that image, it took a couple of minutes to see that it's actually a woman wearing fantastic body paint with her right leg drawn up to her chest and her left arm draped over her head.

Now it's also possible that it's a carving as well as a photograph of a woman in that pose. That, I cannot tell. Anyway, whoever came up with this can SEE possibilities in poses and costuming, decorating, or what have you that leaves my talent in the dirt. I salute the unknown artist . . . oh and the model as well.

 

here's another...



3 people in this one...

 

Gate, compatriot, my wife had forwarded an email to me that had this. Here is the pertinent info I received also.

"The above photo is the work of artist and former body painting champion Johannes Stoetter who spent four weeks planning this shoot, five hours setting it up, four hours painting the model, and another hour trying to find the pose that most resembled that of a real parrot.
The result is beautiful and almost infuriating in its execution."

 

Fantastic! It's an awesome optical illusion and it's wonderful that it can be preserved for posterity and study.

 

It's mind-boggling work, isn't it wyly? I can see the woman's rump being used as the tiger's nose but I only THINK I see parts of the other two models forming the eyes and the bone structure of the skull, and I may be wrong about their placement. It's incredible stuff.

 

three butts actually...