Five parrots have been removed from public view at a British wildlife park after they started swearing at customers.

The foul-mouthed birds were split up after they launched a number of different expletives at visitors and staff just days after being donated to Lincolnshire Wildlife Park in eastern England.

"It just went ballistic, they were all swearing," the venue's chief executive Steve Nichols told CNN Travel on Tuesday. "We were a little concerned about the children."

"I get called a fat t**t every time I walk past," Nichols complained.

The African grey parrots -- named Eric, Jade, Elsie, Tyson and Billy -- were given to the park from five different owners within the same week, and shared a quarantining facility together before being placed on display.

But staff immediately noticed that the birds shared a propensity to fly off the handle.

"They literally, within a very short period of time, starting swearing at each other," Nichols said. "'F**k off' is the most common one," he explained -- "it's a very easy one for them to learn" -- but the birds would utter "anything you can think of."

Most customers enjoyed the talent once the parrots were displayed. "The visitors were giving them as much back as what they were giving to them," Nichols said.

But concern for younger customers forced staff to split up the birds and temporarily remove them from the park's public areas. Staff now hope the birds' language will become more family-friendly now that they have been separated.

"To take in a swearing parrot isn't an unusual thing, it's something that happens probably three or four times a year," Nichols said.

But the pandemic has led to a surge in donations, as owners spend more time with their birds and decide to give them to parks that can provide them with a larger living space, he explained. "We would normally take in one or two parrots in a fortnight. Today we took in eight," he said.

African greys are among the most popular species of parrot. Around 1.1 million indoor birds were kept as pets in the UK in 2019, according to the Pet Food Manufacturers' Association.

Source: https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/swearing-parrots-moved-park-scli-gbr-intl/index.html

All those parrots must come from ijebu or ibadan.

If not, then they shud come from abia or abakalili..

One of those two regions Sha...


Make he try that for naija, he go end for my pot...


Pls your advise is needed.. Pls

https://www.nairaland.com/6150530/serious-advise-needed-should-lady

Parrots from the deepest part of hell �

Naija parrots

DenreleDave:

All those parrots must come from ijebu or ibadan.

Make he try that for naija, he go end for my pot

You go chop parrot?!
haha!

Check well, maybe na Nigerians the parrot dey abuse

Hmm they are angry because of the movement restrictions

Wonderful

May be we should call it revolution.

Hope they remembered to tell the visitors to stop swearing within the vicinity.

We probably need them at Aso rock...just to echo some words to the occupants there.


But these Parrots worry ooo. Nah ancestors in animal bodies them be.

DenreleDave:


All those parrots must come from ijebu or ibadan.


[b]Make he try that for naija, he go end for my pot [/b

Nah so poverty hold you reach?

Chop parrots?

No wonder some people talk for hours without getting tired.

I haven't seen a parrot display this before. Bleep I haven't seen a parrot before i Wonder how they are like

lol

Lol

Even parrot too? Birds too are tired
Lord epp us Ooo

Well they are simply repeating what they've been hearing from people.
Brits too dey swear.

Anyway, I've met a parrot once in an oloye's palace in Oye-ekiti. Nigga was just saying Ekaro, Ekabo..
I for teach am how to swear

Jesus is Lord!

Nah eh! No qualms
I always love oyoibo mentality
Very easy for B0mbing .
especially when you have a mushin weed at your right hand

Biko animal life's matters

When you think you have seen it all

Parrots no go fit try this for Naija, nah to reason its matter for night or betterstill, give am collect...

Next

Local man is just speechless...Nature is blessed

Ahahahah I'd like to see those parrots. Very interesting and intelligent creatures, parrots.

Na over feeding de worry them. Make them no give them food for 1 week them go wise.

Damn niggar, the parrots yaf swear kee their mother

The African grey parrots -- named Eric, Jade, Elsie, Tyson and Billy .....
shebi you say African Parrot, e dey our body to talk, shout, curse n bad mouth person.we are all Africans, wetin dem animal dey black man!

Haha. I don't want to laugh. A parrot calling someone "fat t**t." The parrots were probably imported from the US after being sold by Africans. Donald Trump is to be blamed for all those bad words they learned.

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

Hehehe.The parrots are really bad guys.

They should just donate those birds to Nigeria and see how humble they will be after some days.

Hunger will humble them.