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The last archive, a history of truth.

In the 1950s, Americans started getting really into exotic birds.

We sincerely hope this record will be helpful in teaching your parakeet to talk.

Think Tiki bars, pink flamingos, Hawaiian shirts, pet parakeets.

Remember that your bird is an imitator and learns to talk by listening to what you say.

Not only words and sounds, but inflection.

The birds started flooding into the country, sold as pets from South America to North.

In the U.S. they were exotic, talking birds.

In Argentina, they were an agricultural pest, so it was a no-brainer, no problem.

During the first year your bird should learn from 50 to 100 words and phrases.

Always be gentle with your parakeet.

He is a baby, so treat him like one.

The parakeet trade really picked up in the 1960s.

More than 60,000 parakeets were imported to North America in just three years.

But a lot of parakeet buyers didn't realize just how much personality they were getting

with these birds.

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