Green Cheeked Amazon Parrot
Apr. 22nd, 2017 06:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
This parrot was named by Cassin in 1853. Meucci didn’t complete his proto-telephone until 1871.
Therefore, despite how it may seem at first glance, the naming wasn’t just phoned in.
He probably used a postcard or something.
Originally posted at stories.starmind.org.