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2005-11-25 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Foul-mouthed parrot is ordered ashore by Royal Navy

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Posted by Carl Sagan 2005-11-25 12:19|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 A Royal Navy parrot with a reputation for embarrassing top brass with her salty language has been ordered ashore.

But it was not Sunny's swearing that led to her being taken off the frigate Lancaster. She has been given extended shore leave on medical advice after plucking out her feathers and looking withdrawn.

Parrots repeat things they hear frequently, so that should be an indicator of what probably goes on the Lancaster. As for the feather-plucking, there's two likely possibilities - bad diet or psychological stress of some sort.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-11-25 14:13|| 2005-11-25 14:13|| Front Page Top

#2 Sunny, a six-year-old African grey with the official service number of RN Parrot No 1, has a habit of squawking "arse" and "bollocks" at inappropriate moments.

Rule Britannia.

Posted by Shipman 2005-11-25 15:28|| 2005-11-25 15:28|| Front Page Top

#3 "Zulus, thousands of 'em"

ROFLMAO!!!

Posted by .com 2005-11-25 16:39|| 2005-11-25 16:39|| Front Page Top

#4 The first thing any parrot of mine will learn is:

"I can talk, can you fly?"

You want amazing? Try Alex the African grey:

With his vocabulary of 90-plus words, Alex can label items by color, shape and material. He can distinguish quantities of items up to six. When considering two objects, he can tell whether one object is bigger or smaller than another and what attribute is the same or different.

And, in his latest amazing accomplishment, Alex is learning to recognize the sounds of some letters of the alphabet and is beginning, when shown these letters together, to sound out words like a child learning to read.

Alex has set the entire world of animal intelligence on its collective ear. A most amazing boid.

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/9935/alex.html

Posted by Zenster 2005-11-25 23:20|| 2005-11-25 23:20|| Front Page Top

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