A lost parakeet flew into a hotel in Sagamihara, Japan, on Sunday and landed on a guest's shoulder. Since no one knew where the bird came from, it was taken in a cage to a local police station. For two days it sat there. Then Tuesday night, the parakeet must have decided it was time to go home.
Fumie Takahashi is glad to have her parakeet back. And that answers the question of what is the first thing you should teach your bird to say. Link -via Arbroath
(Image credit: Kyodo)
Despite giving no indications that it could talk, the bird suddenly piped up late on Tuesday night and began repeating its home address – which its owner had apparently drummed into the bird for just such an unlikely eventuality.
Specifying the address down to the number of the house and the block on which is stands, the bird enabled police to track down its 64-year-old owner.
Fumie Takahashi is glad to have her parakeet back. And that answers the question of what is the first thing you should teach your bird to say. Link -via Arbroath
(Image credit: Kyodo)
This is not a months-old story. The lady was on the news and in the newspapers this past weekend. The image at the top is of her and her bird. She made an appearance for the press, and although the bird wouldn't say its address for the cameras, it identified itself as Piko on camera.
Still, it makes me wonder what kind of things my bird might say... the things I say the most around the house. I babysat a toddler for a week, and by Friday, he starting saying "Cheeseballs!" to express frustration.
Odd wording, since that's how addresses work in Japan. Without those two things, the bird doesn't know its address, and this is not a story.