{"id":143291,"date":"2024-02-23T11:07:58","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T17:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/windycityparrot.com\/?p=143291"},"modified":"2024-02-23T11:07:58","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T17:07:58","slug":"what-are-birds-thinking-part-4-budgies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/?p=143291","title":{"rendered":"What Are Birds Thinking Part &#8211; 4 &#8211; Budgies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lady and the Tramp (1955)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Lady doesn&#8217;t know the real names of her owners, she calls them Darling and Jim Dear. This is <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">because she only knows them by what they call each other<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Darling is what Jim calls his wife and his wife calls him Jim dear.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><!--more--><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Windy City Parrot (2024) Keto doesn&#8217;t know the names of his owners, he calls them Cat and Hon. This is because he only knows them by what they call each other. Cat is what Mitch calls his wife and his wife calls him Hon.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Am I right?\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">We&#8217;ll never know.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">We know they articulate with or without comprehension.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Who am I say, to the budgies?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">In all the years, 8 I think we\u2019ve had a budgie aviary we humans are \u201ctolerated,\u201d you know the food, treats, and, fresh water twice a day thing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">What are their expectations?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe title=\"Biggest Swarm of Budgies\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wyfCMrqitWI\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">In this video, the narrator explains how budgie \u201cscouting parties\u201d follow kangaroos who find grazing areas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">The grazing parties return to the flock sharing information so everyone eats.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">It\u2019s a team effort.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/what-exactly-is-your-bird-thinking\/<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">When our budgies were in the first-floor showroom, they were never let out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Large entry doors and lots of places to get lost kept them fully caged.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/product\/higgins-sunburst-parakeet-gourmet-bird-food-2-lb-1-36-kg\/<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Upstairs is a different story, one large open space, with fewer places to get lost.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">When I first opened the aviary door in the morning to serve them their 2 dishes of chopped veggie mix with a kale base, all the budgies would freeze momentarily.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"143309\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/?attachment_id=143309\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/PXL-20240223-144846325-scaled-3.jpg?fit=1593%2C1200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1593,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/PXL-20240223-144846325-scaled-3.jpg?fit=1024%2C771&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-143309\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/PXL-20240223-144846325-600x452.jpg?resize=600%2C452&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"2 dishes of a kale base veggie mixture for budgies What Are Birds Thinking Part - 4 - Budgies\" width=\"600\" height=\"452\" \/> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">(We pull all the fresh veggie and water dishes at 4 or 5 pm before everything loses freshness).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">I finally came to the conclusion they feared losing access to the food if they left the cage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/how-do-i-get-my-budgies-to-eat-veggies-2\/<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">They are smart little birds and quickly figured out the food would be there for hours.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">They were also immediately drawn to the 3 North-facing awning windows.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">What makes an awning window unique from a typical double hung is that the screen is on the inside.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Because the windows are higher in the room the view is primarily sky, a bird&#8217;s favorite place to be.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">When morphing from budgies to beavers they can and will get themselves in trouble.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"143310\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/?attachment_id=143310\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/PXL-20240223-145412638-scaled-2.jpg?fit=1593%2C1200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1593,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"PXL-20240223-145412638\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/PXL-20240223-145412638-scaled-2.jpg?fit=1024%2C771&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-143310 aligncenter\" title=\"PXL-20240223-145412638\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/PXL-20240223-145412638-600x452.jpg?resize=600%2C452&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"window with screen having been patched - What Are Birds Thinking Part - 4 - Budgies\" width=\"600\" height=\"452\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Note the first patch on the screen &#8211; lower right.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">They became full-time prisoners once again until we could secure the windows.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Here you\u2019re looking at a $125 piece of stainless chicken wire bolted over all 3 windows.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"143311\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/?attachment_id=143311\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/PXL-20240223-145412638-scaled-3.jpg?fit=1593%2C1200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1593,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"PXL-20240223-145412638\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/PXL-20240223-145412638-scaled-3.jpg?fit=1024%2C771&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-143311 aligncenter\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/PXL-20240223-145423588-600x452.jpg?resize=600%2C452&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Thre awning style window covered on the inside with stainless steel chicken wire to prevent the budgies escape - What Are Birds Thinking Part - 4 - Budgies\" width=\"600\" height=\"452\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Even wearing work gloves I looked like<br \/>\nI tried to bathe a cat with all the scratch marks from working with this sheet of wire.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">A problem is that most regular chicken wire is galvanized using zinc. <\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Thus when your bird is climbing with its beak, it is literally licking zinc along the way &#8211; you\u2019ve been warned.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">My office is on the second floor, my shop is in the basement.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/what-exactly-is-your-bird-thinking-part-2\/<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">If I\u2019m upstairs I keep the budgie&#8217;s aviary door open (Barney the &#8216;tiel gets let out first thing when the birdcage covers come off).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">But if I\u2019m gone for more than a few minutes I close the door.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Jam one of our original remaining adult females can get out but she\u2019s a terrible flyer, crashing into a wall or hat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"143313\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/?attachment_id=143313\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/PXL-20240223-233100102-scaled-2.jpg?fit=1593%2C1200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1593,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/PXL-20240223-233100102-scaled-2.jpg?fit=1024%2C771&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-143313 aligncenter\" title=\"PXL-20240223-233443569\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/PXL-20240223-233443569-600x452.jpg?resize=600%2C452&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Wall with many hats including witches' hats -What Are Birds Thinking Part - 4 - Budgies\" width=\"600\" height=\"452\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">(We actually have a hat wall)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Lucky, whom we tried to socialize in a separate cage, but lost a toe trying to befriend Barney, has gotten better at flight but we prefer the safety of a closed cage when we\u2019re not around.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">I\u2019ve digressed again, haven&#8217;t I?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">In the post below I create a nutrition label with the actual nutritional value bird chop has &#8211; many of you will be disappointed when you realize you are starving your bird if you only feed it chop &#8211; another warning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/what-is-the-true-lifespan-of-parrots-in-captivity\/<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Barney, our rescued (all our birds are rescues) grey cockatiel bows his head indicating he needs scritches.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">The back of the neck is his sweet spot and he will guide my finger gently and not so gently which is when I withdraw.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/what-goes-on-in-the-minds-of-parrots-part-3\/<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">He perches on the headrest of my giant office chair. and has learned he can be annoying by tapping my head like he\u2019s doing an impression of a woodpecker which startled me the first time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">If I\u2019m wearing a Fedora he will tap tap tap, the hat, I\u2019ll stand up, scritch (or try to), sit back down &#8211; rinse &#8211; repeat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">During a typical Monday through Friday, depending on how whiny Keto (our ringneck) gets after their lights come on, he and Chili (Our blue Quaker) are brought down to the office to assist Mom in her daily customer service capacity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"133464\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/?attachment_id=133464\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/budgie-face-nest-box-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"budgie-face-nest-box\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;budgie-face-nest-box&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;budgie-face-nest-box&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/budgie-face-nest-box-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-133464 aligncenter\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/windy-city-parrot-flock-600x452.jpg?resize=600%2C452&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"4 bird cages filled with birds at windy city parrot in Lowell Indian\" width=\"600\" height=\"452\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">I sleep half a dozen feet from all the birdcages, the end of my bed is pictured above.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">I have a video of their return trip upstairs (below) but I still have to make one for the \u201cdown the stairs\u201d trip.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">The other day Catherine and I needed to make an all-day road trip returning at close to 7:00 PM, 3 hours later than their normal commute up the stairs home.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">We talk about a bird&#8217;s ability to know what time it is as accurately as a Rollex.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">We knew, driving home that Keto and Chili would be pissed and confused being forced to stay in their work birdcages hours past their normal commute home, and upon our arrival, our concerns were confirmed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/we-try-to-explain-the-relationship-between-birds-and-time\/<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">We didn\u2019t even think about unpacking the car until all the birds were settled in for \u201cbirdie bedtime\u201d and appropriate nighttime treats dispensed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Chili is always calculating &#8211; what can I build or hide next?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">He\u2019s easy to read.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/product\/lafebers-classic-avi-cakes-cockatiel-8-oz-227-g\/<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">He ties his knots and moves his hooks around spending the day tap tap tapping the \u201cS\u201d hooks on his cage bars making 2 people with tinnitus a tad more annoyed with additional sounds in the room.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">We\u2019ll finish up here and I\u2019ll leave you with a really chatty budgie video &#8211; Unfortunately, Disco has crossed over the rainbow bridge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe title=\"Meet Disco the incredible talking budgie | Pets - Wild at Heart - BBC\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jXc9ylCXqCw\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Written by Mitch Rezman<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Approved by Catherine Tobsing<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lady and the Tramp (1955) Lady doesn&#8217;t know the real names of her owners, she calls them Darling and Jim Dear. 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