Parrot Tells Vets Where He Lived
Many owners will place collars on their pets so that if they run away someone will know where and who to give them back to. When it comes to birds there is usually nothing you can do if they fly away; unless you have a very smart parrot like Yosuke who was taught how to say his address if ever he was lost.
The African gray parrot was rescued by the local police off of a neighbor’s roof in Nagareyama – close to Tokyo. He spent a night at the police station before he was transferred to the nearest veterinarian hospital. Police kept up an investigation to try to find out who the parrot belonged to. Policeman Shinjiro Uemura was told by the vet that the bird began to talk to him.
“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. “We checked the address, and what do you know, a Nakamura family really lived there. So we told them we’ve found Yosuke,” Uemura said.
Police were told by the Nakamura family that they had been working hard to teach the bird his name and address for two years. Police told the family that the bird was able to talk openly with the vet – but kept quiet to the police. “I tried to be friendly and talked to him, but he completely ignored me,” Uemura said.