Escaped Parrots Teaching Wild Parrots To Talk

Naturalists in Australia have reported a growing phenomenon of pet parrots that have been taught to repeat phrases by their owners before escaping from their cages and then passing on the technique to the wild flocks they join, The Daily Mail is reporting today.

One scientist said that he had received numerous calls from people who were baffled to hear voices calling to them from trees in their gardens.

‘Hello there!’, ‘Hello darling!’ and ‘What’s happening?’ are among the chorus of comments that flocks of wild birds have been repeating after picking up words and sentences from other birds that were once household pets.

Naturalist Martyn Robinson said: ‘We’ve had people calling us thinking they’ve had something put into their drink because they’ve gone out to look at the flock of birds in their back yard and all the birds have been saying something like “Who’s a pretty boy, then?” ’

Tame language for a Parrot isn't it. Can you imagine if Ruby escaped and stated breeding in the English countryside? Warning: NSFW or Small Children.