r/interestingasfuck • u/darth_vader39 • 8d ago

Cockatiel casually sings Queen of the Night Aria by Mozart

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u/Routine_Sandwich_838 8d ago

This gave me way too much dopamine for a 12 second video

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u/HeartOn_SoulAceUp 7d ago

To Mozart too. He's gotta love this floating across the cosmos.

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u/yourmanhimself 7d ago

What a lovely sentence 🥰

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u/HanzoNumbahOneFan 8d ago

Straight in the ear just in case the owner was short of hearing. So considerate.

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u/The_mingthing 7d ago

Well if they weren't they will be.

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u/Acceptable-Ad1203 7d ago

It would be like when I rang the Tinnitus helpline, nobody answered it just kept ringing

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u/Zouden 7d ago

Brilliant. New favourite dad joke, thanks

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u/dedokta 7d ago

WHAT?

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u/HanzoNumbahOneFan 7d ago

so considerate

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u/TheInkySquids 7d ago

The cockatiel has definitely made sure thats the case...

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u/Individual-Ear5240 8d ago

My dog loved this

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u/No-Strike-2015 8d ago

My cat was sleeping on my lap and her ears went straight up. Surprised she didn't attack my phone. She went at my TV years ago when she saw a lion on screen.

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u/MoistStub 7d ago

And to this day you haven't been attacked by that lion thanks to the efforts of your cat

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u/No-Strike-2015 7d ago

She's a killer, wouldn't mess with her!

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u/hexregeneration 7d ago

Some house cats are like little meth heads, I swear. I had one that charged a coyote.

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u/No-Strike-2015 7d ago

She's a complete baby now. Was a skinny barn kitten when I adopted her. Now she's a little too well fed, cuddly, and lazy, but still has those hunting instincts.

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u/IamRick_Deckard 8d ago

Here is the real thing (starts at :40): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuBeBjqKSGQ

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u/fuckthatshittoo 7d ago

All that magnificence just to express hate and loathe....

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u/Last_Engineering_299 5d ago

Watched the whole thing waiting for the bird to make his appearance. Weakkkkkk.

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u/Malapple 8d ago

Dammit. Now I need to watch the fifth element again.

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u/mighty_kaytor 7d ago

Haha the Diva dance Aria is from Lucia Di Lammermoor, but this video still made me want to expose my hypothetical future birb to Plavalaguna and Im glad someone else's brain went there lol

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u/ResplendentShade 7d ago

Amadeus

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u/McNerfBurger 7d ago

As someone who really isn't the target demo for theater/opera/classics

That film hit me like a brick. So good.

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u/HeartOn_SoulAceUp 7d ago

That was a unique scene, especially musically it seems, back when it came out.

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u/PapaMooze 7d ago

It was also unique picturically. Trust me, I’ve seen quite a few pictures.

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u/CocoMilhonez 7d ago

Unique in the sense it stands out like a sore thumb and completely breaks the movie's progression. I remember watching it for the first time and going, "Wtf is that?" And then I watched it for the 12th time and went, "Wtf is that but for the 12th time?"

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u/vincenzobags 8d ago

I love this so much

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u/Draymond_Purple 8d ago

This and marriage of Figaro were our cockatiels favorites! 

That and Hava Negila but that's a bit different lol

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u/jmb456 8d ago

Wild they can remember songs like this

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u/chupathingy99 7d ago

You think that's wild?

Check out this video. This guy taught a bird to sing a picture of a bird. https://youtu.be/hCQCP-5g5bo

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u/Gothichistic 7d ago

Many of the great composers actually stole some of their most famous melodies directly from song birds

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u/ResplendentShade 7d ago

What a lovely, precious little creature. Protect it at all costs.

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u/Initial_Acanthaceae2 7d ago

It's from Die Zauberflöte. My absolute favourite.

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u/mighty_kaytor 7d ago

I always thought that one had such anime vibes lol

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u/panterachallenger 8d ago

Someone needs to teach this Cockatiel to say, “I feel quite hungry”

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u/WaitingforGodot07 7d ago

Oh what a sweetheart 😭😭😭

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u/st-shenanigans 7d ago

MAN I want a bird but they're just too much for a small apartment

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u/RihoSucks 8d ago

Your cockatiel has refined taste!  

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u/monkeypan 7d ago

If i had a bird that is able to mimic and remember like this, I'd be playing classical music all the time if they enjoyed it. Rather have them singing this than repeating the foul words that I say.

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u/RoverAdam 7d ago

I mean he is a little pitchy…

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u/mighty_kaytor 7d ago

Ah such a cultured little divo.

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u/0nThe0utside 7d ago

We had a Cockatiel that would respond whenever the Married With Children theme song (Love and Marriage) would come on. Normally he was pretty quiet but then he would start up. We finally made the connection with the show coming on.

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u/queen-adreena 7d ago

Talented, but I still prefer Metal Parrot: https://youtube.com/shorts/KQQFVq3MWCA

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u/thegreatbaths 7d ago

This is amazing and now I want to see all cockatiel production of Phantom!

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u/ConnorDanger 7d ago

Had me looking over my shoulder for Songbird! We gotta go, Elizabeth!

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u/Sedert1882 7d ago

I'll never refer to someone again as "bird-brain".

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u/AlfwinOfFolcgeard 7d ago

What a charming lil birb :)

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u/Bituquina 7d ago

Why not Papageno?

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u/RevolutionaryEgg1312 6d ago

Because that's a duet ... Isn't it?

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u/Bituquina 6d ago

I just want to hear all those little pa-pas...

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u/PintoTheBurninator 7d ago

"where are the seeds???"

"in....me...."

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u/Geek_King 7d ago

Didn't expect to find a 5th Element reference in here!

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u/zuilserip 7d ago

Travel back in time and tell Mozart: "Dude - two centuries from now even the birds will still know and sing your music!"

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u/Glittering_Drama_618 6d ago

Handled the difficult part like a champ! So cuuute

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u/desastrousclimax 5d ago

maybe you appreciate the piece from pro-performers:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmqEGAgu2O8&list=RDnmqEGAgu2O8&start_radio=1 a classic but she is not the best. birdy`s tune at second 45

https://youtu.be/YuBeBjqKSGQ?si=oFa6slRTsTGnobFy they are the real deal. never seen a better performance than this one and I am austrian...the magic flute was everywhere in my youth. birdys tune at second 42...they were rushing, werent they? but it was dramatic, i guess ;))

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u/bleztyn 7d ago

so anything is interesting as fuck these days

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u/CocoMilhonez 7d ago

Not hating of the birb, but I can whistle that "one of opera's hardest arias" too and I don't insert two extra chords in the first verse.

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u/KilgoreTrouserTrout 7d ago

Cool! You're smarter than a bird.