The Tragedy Of The Swearing Parrot

Five unwanted Congo African grey parrots recently rehomed to a British wildlife park have been regaling visitors with their extensive vocabularies of swear words

One of the five Congo African grey parrots that swear at visitors at the Lincolnshire zoo. (Credit: Lincolnshire Wildlife Park)

Over the past few days, five homeless Congo African grey parrots, Psittacus erithacus, that were taken in six weeks ago by the Lincolnshire Wildlife Park in Britain have been memeing their way across international news services. Why? Because they taught each other how to swear whilst in being held in quarantine, and after they were placed on exhibit a few days ago, all five of them lost no time in sharing their vocal accomplishments with visitors.