'Minecraft' is changing to make sure kids don't kill their birds in real life

If you give a parrot a chocolate chip cookie in Minecraft, it will become your friend. If you give a parrot a chocolate chip cookie in real life, it could die. A Redditor pointed this out on the Minecraft subreddit this week and the post blew up, garnering over 37,000 upvotes within a few days, and catching the attention of Minecraft's developer Mojang. Mojang is going to patch Minecraft so players will have to use a different, less poisonous food to tame and breed the colorful jungle birds, Motherboard reported. SEE ALSO: Genius kid fakes letter from school claiming he needs more time for'video game class' Minecraft is one of the most popular video games in the world, especially among kids.