. . . so that the humans could build houses for mice, the actual top species on Earth.
You forgot that part.
I wonder about mice.I walk outside and see 5-10 species of birds, often in flocks, before I see a mammal, so maybe dinosaurs still rule the earth.
In keeping with the inspiration for my earlier post:
“He learned to communicate with birds and discovered their conversation was fantastically boring. It was all to do with windspeed, wingspans, power-to-weight ratios and a fair bit about berries.”–Douglas Adams, “So Long, and Thanks for the Fish”
Apparently, Adams has a whole diatribe on parrots I might have to check out:
I haven’t yet watched Adam’s diatribe about parrots but I myself have had nightmares about parrots. Birding nightmares! Parrots are so super-annoying to ID in the field. Green birds flying around yelling in the tree canopy, never sitting still enough in the open to see clearly. In my nightmares I search for those elusive colour swatches that would confirm a species ID. But in those nightmares the colour patches keep moving around on the birds each time I try to look at one, preventing ID.….causing me to wake up in a sweat and really frustrated 
