Parrots Talk, Don’t They?

23 05 2008

This is a parrot. It’s name is Mr. Yosuke Nakamura. Apparently, this parrot flew out of his cage and got lost in Japan. Nothing amazing? Wait till you hear what happens next.

Police rescued the African grey parrot two weeks ago from a neighbor’s roof in the city of Nagareyama, near Tokyo. After spending a night at the station, he was transferred to a nearby veterinary hospital while police searched for clues, local policeman Shinjiro Uemura said.

He kept mum with the cops, but began chatting after a few days with the vet.

“I’m Mr. Yosuke Nakamura,” the bird told the veterinarian, according to Uemura. The parrot also provided his full home address, down to the street number, and even entertained the hospital staff by singing songs.

Japanese are a bunch of funny people. I mean, in one article alone – I’ve so many questions to ask! First of all, who would teach their parrot to identify itself with “Mr.”? Secondly, why does the police need to rescue a parrot from a roof?

Thirdly, doesn’t the local police have anything else to do than rescuing parrots and search for clues to find out where they live? The Japanese never fail to amaze me with the things that they do.

Talking about pets, I feel like keeping a small turtle. Maybe I can name it Mr. David Armstrong.