Title: We Paid to Study Parrot’s Intimacy
Original CoS Document (slug): we-paid-to-study-parrot-s-intimacy
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Created: 2023-10-29 14:20:03
Updated: 2024-03-04 07:50:17
Published: 2023-11-08 00:00:00
Converted: 2025-04-14T21:27:49.895213540
The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) wasted $689,222 of our tax dollars when they awarded a grant to Cornell University to study the intimacy of parrots.
The study aimed to observe social communication in parrots and to examine the social outcomes when they kiss or make sexual advances. Using parrots was a precursor to understanding human communication.
It seems that even in neuroscience research, it might be wiser to evaluate human behaviors in humans.
Is it appropriate and necessary to spend $689K to understand a parrot's feelings of love and intimacy?
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Source: Senator Rand Paul, The Festivus Report 2022
Tags: #mifederalfritters