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Re:Neighbor's house alarm triggers when I put my car in reverse by azernik on Sunday December 17, 2017 @11:49PM (#15949507)
Vaguely related - I once met a parrot that had learned to imitate that exact chirp. Maddening.
Re:Neighbor's house alarm triggers when I put my car in reverse by logfromblammo on Monday December 18, 2017 @10:34AM (#15952273)
I know a caique that learned how to imitate a ringing telephone. They had to replace all the phones in the house with a different model, because they were constantly looking at dark caller ID panels that didn't ever say "your parrot".
Re:Neighbor's house alarm triggers when I put my car in reverse by DonHopkins on Monday December 18, 2017 @06:37AM (#15950958)
Back when Facebook used a "pop" sound when you get a message, I was able to imitate it well enough to make my friends in the same room check their computer for messages!
Re:Neighbor's house alarm triggers when I put my car in reverse by rdc12 on Monday December 18, 2017 @07:40AM (#15951212)
In the late 90's early 00's, we had a pet cockatiel that could perfectly mimic the sound of dial-up modem dialing. He would also do the tunes to TV theme songs and a few regular TV ads.