NPR

Foul-mouthed parrots are unlikely stars at a British zoo

The parrots are a fount of foul language. Their habit of spouting curse words at a torrid rate has, by turns, mortified and amused the people who work with them at the Lincolnshire Wildlife Park in ...
NPR

Lonely pet parrots find friendship through video chats, a new study finds

Once upon a time, Polly just wanted a cracker. Nowadays, Polly might want a Zoom call. A recent study took 18 pet parrots and examined whether video calls could help them fulfill their social needs.
CNN

British zoo has new plan to rehabilitate its potty-mouthed parrots

A British wildlife park has hatched a new plan to rehabilitate its potty-mouthed parrots after they unleashed a tide of expletives. Back in 2020, five foul-mouthed African gray parrots, donated to ...
New York Post

Potty-mouthed parrots teaching other birds to swear as zoo hatches plan to stop problem

These birds need to wash their mouths out with soap. A wildlife park in the UK conspired a new plan to stop their potty-mouthed parrots from cursing, telling zoo visitors to “f—k off.” Lincolnshire ...
People

British Zoo Reveals Plan to Curb Parrots' Swearing: Could 'Turn Into Some Adult Aviary'

Lincolnshire Wildlife Centre is implementing a new strategy to curb the cursing of its most foul-mouthed fowl Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023 ...