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Conservative Wordsmith on Monday, June 09, 2008 5:24:23 AM
Conservative Wordsmith Susan Baldwin writes: This is a true story about the amazing wonder parrot Mr. Yosuke Nakamura. When local police rescued the lost African grey parrot, Yosuke, on a neighbor's roof in Nagareyama, a city located near Tokyo, Japan, the parrot told a veterinarian his name, full address, and even entertained some folks with a musical performance!
"After spending a night at the station, he was transferred to a nearby veterinary hospital while police searched for clues, local policeman Shinjiro Uemura said."
"He kept mum with the cops, but began chatting after a few days with the vet."
"'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."
"The Nakamura family told police they had been teaching the bird its name and address for about two years."
By the way, Yosuke the parrot doesn't just talk to every person he meets. No, he has definite preferences about sharing his personal information with just anyone. He had no qualms about talking to the vet, but evidently doesn't like talking to cops. He refused to utter one word to Shinjiro Uemura, a policeman.
Mr. Uemura said: "'I tried to be friendly and talked to him, but he completely ignored me,' Uemura said."
The Nakamura family should be given an award for spending so much of their time trying to teach their pet parrot what to do in case of an emergency. Not all pet owners give this kind of care and attention to their pets. I would venture even further to say that not all parents pay this much attention to their children.
I found this to be a delightful true story when I saw it a few weeks ago, and decided to share it with those of you who missed it. If you believe that animals have little, or perhaps zero, intelligence, you might want to think again. It took the parrot 2 years to learn to recite his name and address, and that means a great deal of hard work and effort on the part of such a beautiful, and relatively small, creature.
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Yosuke the parrot rests in his cage at his home in Nagareyama in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, on Wednesday, after he went missing for two weeks.
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Photo Courtesy of AP
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