Are parrots righties or lefties?

Ira7

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Is there a prize for the stupidest question ever on parrotforums.com?

I ask because Archieā€™s one big trick so far is to take Nutriberries from me with his right foot, but he holds this and other foods with his left while eating. I also watched which foot he perched on while sleeping last night, but Iā€™m old and lived a wild life and canā€™t remember now.

Believe it or not, I got interesting in this fascinating subject a few weeks ago, when I did a huge live lobster boil for family, and learned that lobsters ARE righty or lefty! And you can tell by looking at their claws.
 
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Rozalka

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It is a bit like to ask "are people left or right-handed?". Most parrots are lefties (like we righties) but some parrots are righties (like we lefties). And it's not the stupidest question - this topic was here in the past and we did somewhere a poll about it.;)
 

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For JoJo, either! He also does the cutest reach if I come up behind him! He puts his foot backwards and moves it around, trying to find my hand!
 

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