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My wife always joke about how parrots sound like a fun pet until you consider the phrase "Flying eternal toddlers, that cannot be diapered or potty-trained, with can-opener mouths."

On top of that, they have one tool, and it's a pair of boltcutters you can't take away. And the most clever of them have a good chance to outlive their owners.

30 to 80 years in captivity! Factors: species and level of care.

20 to 40 in the wild.

Good sense of humour though.

There's one at a wildlife sanctuary in Tasmania reported to be 110 or so ("Fred", Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary). Original owner is long dead, obviously.

And the means to achieve that destruction. Cockatoos are like flying bolt cutters.

I aspire to one day befriend a local murder of crows. Not to keep as pets or to make dependent on me, but maybe to bribe to clean up trash or steal quarters for me... or to defend my honor should the need arise.