Wouldn’t it be so great having a pet that could communicate to you its needs via human language? Apparently parrots are able to do that (and more and more) after having gone intense training for some years. I think that it’s possible to train a parrot to learn about 20 words pretty easily, just enough to be able to communicate his/her need for food, music, sleep, walk etc.

Even crows seem to be really intelligent. Other animals are just plain funny.