EMT: I'm sorry sir. Your bird has suffered burns over nearly 100% of his body.
We did, however, send out a request for garlic mashed potatoes and a some steamed asparagus.
Posted on 10/23/2007 7:41:13 AM PDT by NYer
MUNCIE, Ind. - A noisy parrot that likes to imitate sounds helped save a man and his son from a house fire by mocking a smoke alarm, the bird's owner says.
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Shannon Conwell, 33, said he and his 9-year-old son fell asleep on the couch while watching a movie. They awoke about 3 a.m. Friday to find their home on fire after hearing the family's Amazon parrot, Peanut, imitating a fire alarm.
"He was really screaming his head off," Conwell said.
The smoke alarm had activated, but it was the bird's call that caught Conwell's attention.
"I grabbed my son and my bird, and got out of the house," he said.
The fire destroyed the home's dining room, kitchen and bedroom, Muncie fire officials said. It remains under investigation.
Aside from Peanut, Conwell said the fact that he and his son fell asleep on the couch helped save them. They may not have heard the alarm or the bird if they were asleep in their bedrooms.
Conwell said he runs an air conditioner and a breathing machine in his bedroom and they drown out a lot of noise around the house.
Nice story, but must have rocks for brains to not put a smoke alarm in his bedroom.
Looks like an orange-wing Amazon. They’re not good talkers but they do noises really well !
Mine has a honk that sounds like a jake brake. I believe her former owners lived near a busy intersection with lots of truck traffic :)
Peanut didn’t want to get roasted!
My orange wing makes the sound of a ringing fax machine and a little yippy dog. Parrots are hilarious.
I kept mine in the bathroom for a while when I first got her and she started making the sound of the toilet flushing and refilling.
That’s funny.
I had a cockatiel that could immitate the cordless phone’s ring and the barking puppy next door. It sounded hilarious.
My parents have an Amazon. No one has been able to tell what type, the vet actually thinks she may be a mix. She’s hysterical. She’ll do whole phone conversations - from Hello through mumbling and random laughing to Bye-bye.
She’ll start yelling Bye-Bye if she thinks you’ve been on the phone too long.
We have an African Gray. She will make a sound just like the phone ringing. I have to check the bird before I check the phone. LOL
Mine also snores, microwaves, and barks like a standard poodle. No words, however she has a broop-broop noise that sounds like “thank you” when you give her a treat.
LOL!
My ‘too makes conversation when I’m upstairs....
I’ll hear “Mumble mumble, mumble...Ha Ha Ha!” Like she’s imitating what she’s hearing from a distance.
That is just hysterical.
I love it.
Yep,
and Brat the Conure used to say “Uh oh!” when the lights went out.....that and ‘here kitty kitty’.
Mine also does a microwave beep when she wants a treat, then says “hello! cracker! what’s taking so long?”.
I also have a blue&gold macaw who will chime in and say “mmmm, cracker! Mom, cracker! Nigel want cracker. Mmmmm!”
I love my birds. :)
<< that and ‘here kitty kitty’. >>
Bird has a serious death-wish.
My cats are getting their butts kicked by the chickens these days, so I don’t believe they feel up to going after any birds right now.
When my parents’ bird first came home, she took one look at the cat and said “uh-oh”. At which point the cat took off.
They have a new cat who hasn’t quite learned the rules yet. The parrot meows at him. He is quite confused.
She’s sweet - most of her language is muffled. She very clearly says Hello (in several different tones depending on whether she’s answering the phone, the door, or flirting) Hi, Hi Lorrie, Hello Lorrie, Bye-Bye, Try It (my mom), go outside (my dad), I out, and How Are? (she never go the you part down for some reason)
Her other standard is Cree-cree - which means either pretty or sleepy depending on the situation. I cree-cree is usually I pretty - just cree-cree (very pathetically said) is sleepy. I guess she can’t tell the difference in the words, but the inflection is very different.
She sounds SO sweet!
EMT: I'm sorry sir. Your bird has suffered burns over nearly 100% of his body.
We did, however, send out a request for garlic mashed potatoes and a some steamed asparagus.
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