The British Wildlife Sanctuary has been forced to isolate five parrots that will not stop visitors from swearing. Keepers say the birds encouraged each other to curse, and had to move from the main outdoor aviary.
Billy, Eric, Tyson, Jade and Elsie were removed from this week’s view, according to Associated Press reports. They recently joined the Lincolnshire Wildlife Centre’s colony of 200 African gray parrots in August Gust, they were simultaneously quarantined and quickly snatched staff with their mischievous language.
“We’re very useful for swearing parrots, but we’ve never had five at a time,” Steve Nichols, the center’s chief executive, told the AP. “Most parrots come out, but for some reason these five have tasted it.”
According to Nichols, none of the zoo visitors complained about the parrots, and most found them amusing.
“It makes people very happy when a parrot asks you to say ‘f ***’. It brings a big smile to a really difficult year.”
However, keepers thought it would be best to keep them away from children so that no one would eat the feathers. They were separated and moved to different areas of the wildlife center so that they were unable to provoke each other.
Nicole told BBC News that parrots “swear to react or react,” so people are shocked or laughing just to encourage the birds to curse more.
“With five, one will swear and the other will laugh and keep going,” he said.
“I hope they learn different words in the colonies,” Nicole added. “But if he teaches bad language to others and I end up with 250 swearing birds, I don’t know what I’ll do.”
The sworn parrot is not the only famous bird of the wildlife center. Last month, a parrot at a zoo called Chico went viral for singing Beyonc “‘s “If I Were a Boy.”
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