He makes little squawking noises and seems to be a very happy bird. In the video, Griffi can be seen dancing back and forth while he bobs his head up and down to the music. Throughout the videos on his YouTube channel, you can see how his feathers have begun growing back due to being in a loving and stress-free home. His missing feathers are a symptom of stress and show that he had a hard life before finding a safe place with his new foster family. Griffi is a rescue bird that was taken home by a foster family from the Florida Parrot Rescue. The sweet little bird danced his heart out, shaking what few tail feathers he has left.
In a video that was released in October 2020, Griffi the cockatoo can be seen getting down to “The Humpty Dance” by Digital Underground. There have been many viral videos of parrots dancing to music and making their owners laugh. His research also suggested that dancing is a response to joy and happy feelings in the brain. Aniruddh Patel, a researcher from the Neurosciences Institute in San Diego, California, discovered that when parrots dance they are not simply mimicking human behavior – they are actually feeling and responding to the rhythm of the music. It is a little-known fact that parrots love to dance.
