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    Parrots

    This video has been given a stupid title, it's a girl living in Sydney that made friends with a flock of cockatoos while she was in covid lockdown.
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    Sulphur Crested Cockatoos are the best talkers, I grew up next door to one. They always have a ritual of screeching and squawking and dancing up and down as the sun sets and this one was no different, but every night at the end of his carrying on he always finished in a perfectly clear voice...
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    Offer them meat, that's what they eat. They also tend to be very skittish and it will take a long time before they begin to trust you.
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    Some species are better at this than others but all of them can to some degree. Common breeds that are kept as pets here are the Sulphur Crested Cockatoo and the Galah. (pronounced G'lah, emphasis on second syllable, not like the type of festival called a Gala) They're also highly intelligent...
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    Parrots

    With 57 different species Australia is a land of parrots. Australian Parrots: Guide to all 57 species of Parrots in Australia
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    Wedge Tail Eagles have fascinating eyes, they can see in infra red and ultra violet and they...

    Wedge Tail Eagles have fascinating eyes, they can see in infra red and ultra violet and they have a special muscle that squeezes and elongates their eye balls so they can zoom in on objects far away. Also the only eagle known to attack parachutes, paragliders and ultra light aircraft.
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    Yes. And they can watch a man welding and not damage their eyes like happens to us. Other than...

    Yes. And they can watch a man welding and not damage their eyes like happens to us. Other than that they see the same spectrum we do but have trouble distinguishing between greens and yellows.
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    Cross Referencial Thinking

    Many of mine are "time stamped". My memories in general are very detailed and include sight, sound, smell, taste and touch as well as context. When I recall a fact it usually comes with what I was doing and when and where I was when I learnt that fact because to me remembering often means...
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    Cross Referencial Thinking

    My mother was really short - 5 foot nothing. When I was in my teens she used to take me shopping with her because I could reach things on the top shelf. One day I asked her what she was going to do after I leave home and she said "The same as I did when you were little." then started climbing...
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    Do you agree that Technology is going too far?

    They're not so common in the news here any more but we do get regular reports on statistics from our emergency responders. The great majority of the fires are from scooters, not bikes, and are generally owned by 18 to 25 year olds. A combination of rough treatment of the scooter and then lack...
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    Do I disclose being autistic to my employer?

    For me the problem was always the hen pecking order - social hierarchy. I was never able to play that game and always saw it as bullying and responded by pushing back. And although I always stipulated what I needed right from the start it was rarely what I got. Most people simply can't see why...
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    Do I disclose being autistic to my employer?

    I think I had an advantage over many of you today simply because when I was growing up and during most of my work life no one had ever heard of the word autism outside of mental health professionals. I knew I was different but I never had a word for it. I used to change jobs often, not many...
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    Do you agree that Technology is going too far?

    It's got to the point here where we're now banning the import of a lot of e-bikes and scooters that are simply overpowered. The rule change that could stop 'overpowered' e-bikes being brought into Australia Now that we've developed Sodium Ion batteries the future of Lithium batteries is very...
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    Cross Referencial Thinking

    Although I don't usually blurt out irrelevant comments that's almost exactly how my memory works, and also why I'm able to remember so much more than most people. All of my memories are tied in to each other so much that it's not really possible for me to forget things. I might struggle to...
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    Do I disclose being autistic to my employer?

    Country and culture make a huge difference in these sorts of decisions. There's some countries in the world where the idea of autism is shunned and although they no longer burn witches at the stake some people think that practice should make a comeback. Then there's the very human system of...
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    What's wrong with saying "mild" or "severe" autism?

    AI seems to be very US centric and doesn't understand local colloquialisms and idioms, or cultural icons outside of the US. I recently watched a youtuber use AI to try and get more information about comments on an Aussie reddit channel. Someone said that Australia's also good at exporting...
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    What's wrong with saying "mild" or "severe" autism?

    Yes, that's correct. Absolutely anything I do always turns out either really really good or very very bad. :) It's almost exactly like British pub culture except with warmer weather. That's what throws Brits when they come here, it's so similar to home for them that all the tiny little...
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    supertasters

    For the best culinary experience you want Melbourne. Forget Sydney, forget the gold Coast, Melbourne is Australia's undisputed food capital, but for a decent wine to go with a meal you want South Australian wines. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=melbourne+food [Edit] Just an added...
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    What's wrong with saying "mild" or "severe" autism?

    No, I never do anything by halves. :) I was never really able to hide my differences although I don't have any obvious stims, I learnt early on that I might as well just be myself because trying to be like everyone else doesn't work. And I think that's one of the things people like about me...
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