Posted on 09/07/2002 1:40:37 PM PDT by jstone78
Parrot saves flat by shrieking 'Fire'
A parrot saved its Russian owners' flat from being destroyed by fire when it raised the alarm.
The parrot shrieked "Fire" repeatedly until neighbours heard and called the fire brigade.
Firefighters arrived in time to save the apartment, in the Altai region.
The married couple who live in the flat had gone out and the woman had accidentally left her hair tongs on.
Russian online newspaper Utro said the tongs had overheated and a bedspread had begun smouldering.
The parrot smelt the smoke and started calling out for help.
Story filed: 15:48 Friday 6th September 2002
Great job, Polly!
That BadJoe thread about What's Wrong With FR has gone on for thousands of posts, but everyone has been overlooking the obvious: all those posts from what seem like bird brains might be from real birds. |
Don't call these creatures "dumb animals" around me!
Some years ago, I was taking a smoke break. Rain started. I saw some small chips of wood and plastic moving on the ground. Looking closer, I saw that they were being carried by fire ants. A couple of minutes more observation revealed that they were using these materials to roof over their mound.
It made the hair on the back of my neck stand up.
On second thought, the cats would just think I'd brought home a new snack!
That's like the joke about the foul mouth parrot and the freezer.
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