[ClearCase_guy]

He’s just resting.

[JRios1968]

He’s pining for the fjords.

[cripplecreek]

I had parrot fever once. I kept getting chased away from the poultry farm in the wee hours of the morning.

[Tax-chick]

And he didn’t even have a parrot. That’s pretty unfair.

[martin_fierro]

The perfect Parrot / fjord / pining convergence.

[avg_freeper]

One of my overarching pursuits in life is to die in a manner appropriate to a Jimmy Buffet song lyric.

[wbill]

Deceased Parrot? Ceased to be?

[ladyvet]

[Sola Veritas]

Psittacosis, the disease called by this bacteria...has been used in the past as a Biological Warfare agent. So, this isn’t a joking matter. Obviously, this is a relatively virulent strain he contracted. This makes this an ideal place for terrorists that are “bio prospecting.”

[PGalt]

Interesting. Thanks for posting.

[KarlInOhio]

Mynd you, parrøt bites kan be pretty nastï.

[srmorton]

Thanks for posting this article. I teach Microbiology to future Medical Laboratory Technicians and I am saving it to show to them. The infection can not only be transmitted by exotic birds like parrots and cockatoos, but also by droplet infection by common yard birds like sparrows. If that is the case, the infection is referred to as ornithosis. The organism belongs to the same genus as Chlamydia trachomatis which is the most common cause of NGU (non-gonococcal urethritis), a STD. It also causes trachoma which is the most common cause of blindness in the world.