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German Police Battle Giant Parrot
http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,451405,00.html ^

Posted on 12/03/2006 2:34:17 PM PST by Muentzer2005

A giant escaped parrot has been caught by police after a violent struggle in which it tore up the uniform of one of the arresting officers, police said. Walkers in a forest near the town of Walldürn in southwestern Germany had alerted police that a huge bird with a colorful plumage was sitting in a tree.

Two policemen dispatched to the scene caught sight of the parrot, which was about 90 centimeters (about three feet) long. "He didn't say anything, and definitely didn't provide his name and address. He just screeched deafeningly," said a spokesman for the Walldürn police.

"It was a big beast. When one of the officers managed to grab him he wrecked his leather jacket."

The bird finally calmed down enough for the officers to put him in their squad car. "But if the officers thought their troubles were over they were mistaken. The harmless attempt to report their successful mission to headquarters triggered an almost uncontrollable outburst of aggression by their involuntary feathered guest," police said in a statement.

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TOPICS: Local News; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: germany; parrot; plumage
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To: martin_fierro

LOL...

I actually had a cockatoo--though a few of my friends have parrots...8^)

And yes, I could imagine the bird in my macaronis, warming its feets...


21 posted on 12/03/2006 6:04:59 PM PST by rzeznikj at stout (Boldly Going Nowhere...)
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To: Muentzer2005

Another proof that muslims are all vilains.


22 posted on 12/07/2006 1:12:36 AM PST by Rummenigge (there's people willing to blow out the light because it casts a shadow)
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To: Muentzer2005
A giant escaped parrot has been caught by police after a violent struggle in which it tore up the uniform of one of the arresting officers police said.

They arrested it??? LOLOLOL!

23 posted on 12/07/2006 1:30:01 AM PST by NRA2BFree (May you always have love to share, health to spare, and friends that care.)
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