Lonely pet  parrots have jumped into the friendship  bandwagon as per surveys!

An experiment was conducted on 18 pet parrots  in bid to check whether video calls would  bring out their extrovert side.

Lead researcher Jennifer   Cunha of  Northeastern University  claimed,  "they have high mental needs that aren't always catered to very well in companion situations." 

On the other hand, Glasgow university's   Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas   said,  "A very high percentage of them have diseases which can be transferred when in-person interaction takes place." 

The two eventually then gathered to  work  with the main author   Rébecca Kleinberger   to note if parrots really do open up   through intensive video calls. 

The birds were  provided tablets  and one or two images   of fellow parrots used to appear on it , which helped the researchers to  decide how much time  parrots desired to spend on calls, engagement and agency was necessary.

Cunha explained,  "So mirroring behaviors where they might move in the same kind of way, dancing, singing together.  They really seem to, as one owner said, come alive during the calls."