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No Joke: Parrot in Bangkok Swallows 21 Diamonds After Raiding Owner's Jewellery Box
AsiaOne ^ | JUNE 24, 2021 | Amierul Rashid

Posted on 06/24/2021 10:53:31 AM PDT by nickcarraway

A diamond is forever but what happens if you throw a parrot into the mix?

On Tuesday (June 22), Frosty, a pet parrot in Bangkok, Thailand, raided its owner's jewellery box and appeared to be enamoured of what it had found inside.

A diamond necklace caught the bird's eye and that spelt trouble — Frosty decided to gobble the sparkly jewels up for breakfast.

By lunchtime, the eight-month-old sun parakeet looked weak and had lost its appetite.

Noticing something was off, the bird's owner quickly brought it to the nearby Animal Space Hospital for an X-ray.

Chances are she (and the vets) did not expect to see tiny bead-like objects in the bird's belly. Frosty then had to be swooped away for surgery.

The operation took over two hours and vets recovered 21 diamonds, each around 0.2 carats, that the bird pecked from the woman's necklace.

Dr Kuntita Paveenasakorn from the hospital told Sanook: "This kind of bird is attracted to things that glitter.

"We see this kind of situation a lot but this case was strange because the parrot ate lots of valuable diamonds."

The diamonds, with their sharp edges, gave the bird stomach aches and would have wounded its organs if the owner did not take it to the vets, he added.

According to Thairath, Frosty is recovering well in hospital and is expected to be discharged by the end of the month.

If your pet bird ate a foreign object, take it to a nearby vet and observe for the following symptoms: abnormal faeces, loss of appetite, lethargy.

The glitter of diamonds is hard to resist, we totally get it.

It might be a good time to check your jewellery box and see if your own pet decided to pull a similar stunt.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: bangkok; birds; diamonds; gems; kleptobirds; parrot; siam; thailand
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1 posted on 06/24/2021 10:53:31 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

One night in Bangkok and the world’s your oyster
The bars are temples but the pearls ain’t free
You’ll find a god in every golden cloister
And if you’re lucky then the god’s a she


2 posted on 06/24/2021 10:55:18 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy ("I see you did something -- why you so racist?")
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To: nickcarraway

Looks like parrot’s back on the menu, boys!


3 posted on 06/24/2021 10:57:49 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (The left does not want dialogue; it wants compliance.)
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To: nickcarraway

Did it survive?!


4 posted on 06/24/2021 11:00:06 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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A diamond is forever but what happens if you throw a parrot into the mix?

Well, you find out how much you love parrots. Either you wait around, carefully gathering parrot droppings until you get your diamonds back, or you flay that parrot open right now like a Christmas goose and get your gems.
5 posted on 06/24/2021 11:00:19 AM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: ClearCase_guy

Bangkok is a most interesting city.

But I found the air awful.

And the temples fascinating.


6 posted on 06/24/2021 11:04:59 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

My daughter found herself in possession of a Macaw. We kept it for one year.

The only positive from my end of the experience is a I did not go to a mental institution, although I came close.


7 posted on 06/24/2021 11:05:22 AM PDT by Rennes Templar (Trump took down ISIS; Biden took down Dr. Seuss)
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To: ClearCase_guy

BEAT ME TO IT!....................


8 posted on 06/24/2021 11:07:43 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: nickcarraway

Those are some s#!tty diamonds.....................


9 posted on 06/24/2021 11:09:51 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Rennes Templar

lol


10 posted on 06/24/2021 11:10:13 AM PDT by ncalburt (Gop DC Globalists is a )
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

Polly wanna C-Section?....................


11 posted on 06/24/2021 11:10:20 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Rennes Templar

I am amazed that no one has brought up Churchills parrot, the one which swore at Nazis

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3410893.stm


12 posted on 06/24/2021 11:12:24 AM PDT by algore
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Looks like parrot’s back on the menu, boys!

Do you have a good recipe for "Parrot Fricassee?"

Regards,

13 posted on 06/24/2021 11:12:25 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: nickcarraway

No $#!%!


14 posted on 06/24/2021 11:14:10 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Totally love that song.


15 posted on 06/24/2021 11:14:17 AM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: nickcarraway
that would now be a dead parrot.
16 posted on 06/24/2021 11:19:33 AM PDT by Michael.SF. (Never do anything illegal, when you are doing something illegal. )
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>>Do you have a good recipe for “Parrot Fricassee?”<<

No, but I do have a pretty good Hassenpfeffer recipe. Just substitute “parrot” for “wabbit.”

(note: until I spellchecked this, I did not think “Hassenpfeffer” was a real thing LOL)


17 posted on 06/24/2021 11:20:22 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (The left does not want dialogue; it wants compliance.)
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To: nickcarraway

Polly wanta laxative?


18 posted on 06/24/2021 11:21:24 AM PDT by kaktuskid
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

>>Did it survive?!<<

I don’t know how well a parrot would deal with all that rich food.


19 posted on 06/24/2021 11:21:34 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (The left does not want dialogue; it wants compliance.)
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To: nickcarraway

Boudreau bought a his wife Clotile a parrot.
When he got it home and gave it to her, the parrot started using some of the most fowl language Boudreau had ever heard.
Nothing they tried worked.
So out of frustration Boudreau told the parrot, “Every time you use bad language, I’m going to stick you in this freezer.”
And he put the bird in the freezer.
After a minute, Boudreau got the parrot out, and asked, “Now are you going to use bad language?”
The parrot answered, “No Sir!”.
Boudreau said “Good.”
The parrot asked, “Just out of curiosity, what did that chicken in there do?”


20 posted on 06/24/2021 11:22:29 AM PDT by DannyTN
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