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marmar

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Wed Jan 9, 2013, 10:16 AM Jan 2013

Those sly parrots !!





Police forced their way into an apartment in Germany after hearing what they described as a "child-like voice" calling for its mother and father. Instead of an abandoned toddler, they found a cheerful and very talkative parrot.

The woman who called the police on Tuesday morning sounded worried. She said she had been trying for several days to speak to a neighbor but no one had answered the door when she knocked, even though she could hear children's voices inside.

Police dispatched to the flat in the western German town of Ibbenbüren heard a distinct child-like voice calling "Mama," "Papa" and "Mama Come."

"Police measures were launched because it couldn't be ruled out that an accident had occurred," the police said in a statement. The officers called the landlord and summoned the fire brigade and an ambulance. .................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/parrot-confounds-german-police-by-sounding-like-an-abandoned-child-a-876527.html



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Those sly parrots !! (Original Post) marmar Jan 2013 OP
The Trashmen were right pinboy3niner Jan 2013 #1
You, sir. TIME OUT! Earth_First Jan 2013 #3
That's hilarious! Aerows Jan 2013 #2
Avians can be tricksters pinboy3niner Jan 2013 #4
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