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Parrots were removed from a UK safari park after teaching

each other to swear and then laughing about it

Haven Orecchio-Egresitz Sep 29, 2020, 12:53 PM

African gray parrots got rowdy, wouldn't stop swearing, and were kicked out of a safari park in England, the
park's CEO said. KHALIL MAZRAAWI/AFP via Getty Images

A group of African gray parrots were quarantined together at a UK safari park

when they taught each other how to swear.
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When the birds realized sta members were laughing at their swearing, they
started laughing too.
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The birds were temporarily moved to an o -site enclosure, where sta ers hope
other parrots will teach them better language.

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A group of African gray parrots who were quarantined together at a wildlife park in
Lincolnshire, England, taught each other how to swear, Lincolnshire Live reported
on Monday.

The ve birds arrived at Lincolnshire Wildlife Park in August and shared a room,
the park's chief executive, Steve Nichols, told reporters.

The foul language made sta members laugh, which encouraged the birds to keep
going with their naughty words, Nichols told Lincolnshire Live. The parrots started
to equate swear words with laughter and would start laughing at their own
obscenities.

It's not uncommon for parrots to learn swear words and be encouraged to continue
when they see people enjoy their vulgar comedy.

"But when you get four or ve together that have learnt the swearing and naturally
learnt the laughing so when one swears, one laughs and before you know it just got
to be like an old working men's' club scenario where they are all just swearing and
laughing," Nichols told Lincolnshire Live.

By the time the park reopened to the public, the birds had gotten in the habit of
calling visitors names. Sta and customers got a laugh out of it, Nichols said, but
the park decided to move them to an enclosure until their vocabulary improved.

"WeHput
O Mthem inEan o -shore enclosure with the intention that hopefully they will
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start learning the other parrot's noise that are around," Nichols told Lincolnshire
Live.
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He added: "What we will do now is release them out but in separate areas so at least
if they do swear it is not as bad as three or four of them all blasting it out at once."

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