[轉貼] 英鸚鵡出口成髒 還教壞同類

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http://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/080408/1/wwj0.html

英國一隻鸚鵡愛講髒話，不但自己講，還教壞主人另外兩隻鸚鵡，整天三隻鳥嘴髒話連篇，主人被牠們搞到快發瘋了。


中新網報導，這隻叫巴尼的鸚鵡是一隻漂亮的金剛鸚鵡，一身金黃跟天藍兩色羽毛，今年只有七歲，牠的罵人輝煌紀錄包括罵過一位女市長、一個教區牧師以及兩名警官。巴尼的主人是野生動物保護區負責人，但是巴尼的罵人功是從前任主人那裡學來的。


巴尼愛講粗話也就罷了，要命的是牠還帶壞了主人養的另外兩隻鸚鵡，這兩隻五歲的非洲灰鸚鵡「山姆」和「查理」原本都是清純小生，但是牠們跟巴尼平時待在同一個籠子堙A每當主人不注意，巴尼就開始給自己兩個學生上課。四下無人，沒有開罵對象時，三隻鳥就開始對罵。


鸚鵡專家表示，鸚鵡只會重複牠聽過的話，話裡到底什麼意思可是一點都不懂，牠們大聲說話的目的只是希望引起主人關注。不過在這個案例裡比較特殊的是，「山姆」和「查理」兩隻鸚鵡不是模倣人類的語言，而是模倣另外一隻鸚鵡說的話。

[nikko]

http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=557874&in_page_id=1770

First he told the mayoress in rather forthright terms to go away.


Then Barney the swearing parrot used more Anglo-Saxon language on a vicar and two police officers.


But, worse still, he is now teaching his bad habits to two other birds at the wildlife sanctuary where he lives.


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"I knew that Barney could swear but what has happened is shocking," said sanctuary owner Geoff Grewcock.


"He's been teaching the other two when we had our backs turned.


"It sounds like a builders' yard, with all the abuse flying about."


Barney, a seven-year-old blue and gold macaw, apparently picked up his choice vocabulary from his previous owner.


He has duly passed it on to African Greys Sam and Charlie, both five years old, with whom he shares a cage in Mr Grewcock's living room.


Their favourite words are f*** off, b******* and t***.

Mr Grewcock, who owns the Warwickshire Wildlife Sanctuary in Nuneaton, said: "They just sit there swearing at each other now.


"I wouldn't mind, but we had been careful of what we said in front of the other birds so they didn't go like Barney.


"I didn't think they would pick it up from him. We have got another African Grey called Sunny who squawks 'shut up' at them when the swearing starts - but they don't take any notice."


In 2005, Barney told the local mayoress to f*** off during a civic visit and then turned to two police officers and a vicar and added: "You can f*** off too, w******!"

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Mr Grewcock said: "We have tried everything to get Barney to curb his language and now we have got another two to contend with.


"These birds can live until they are 70 so there are potentially another 60 years of this to contend with."


Parrot expert Rob Harvey said the birds usually talked to get the attention of their owners. "This case is so unusual because parrots are copying another parrot," he said.