Zoo Hopes Plan to Introduce Famous Cursing Parrots to Larger Flock Doesn't Backfire
Two African grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus) perching on something.
The Lincolnshire Wildlife Park in the UK is trying a new plan to contain its growing group of foul-mouthed African grey parrots. The zoo will introduce the expletive-loving birds to a larger flock in hopes that the other parrots will pass along their good manners. But there is a chance that the experiment will only end up causing more bird cussing.
In 2020, the Lincolnshire Wildlife Park adopted five African grey parrots—Billy, Tyson, Eric, Jade, and Elsie—that soon revealed themselves to be very talented at throwing out swear words. Though they were immediately a hit with the public, the zoo decided to pull them from the main outdoor aviaries and placed them with other colonies away from the public eye in an attempt to reduce their swearing. When they returned months later, the birds were noticeably less foul but still sometimes cursed and laughed like sailors. The zoo eventually erected a sign about the unfriendly language in front of their exhibit.
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“Ultimately, I think the swearing will be diluted,” Nichols told the BBC. “[But] we could end up with 100 swearing parrots on our hands. Only time will tell.”
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