Posted on 09/03/2002 1:39:47 PM PDT by paulklenk
BERLIN (Reuters) - Six talkative parrots, trained to chat in the most polite terms only, have been stolen from a German zoo.
A spokesman for the zoo said on Monday thieves broke into the cage of gray parrots Robby, Bobby, Tobby, Recky, Coco and Emil on Friday night and took the birds, which together are worth about 10,000 euros ($9,800).
"We're very sad. The birds were able to say things like 'Good Morning', 'Here's breakfast', 'Thank you' and so on," zoo spokesman Michael Bussenius said. "They never picked up a bad or insulting word from anyone."
Bussenius said he hoped the birds would be brought back to his park in Saxony-Anhalt, where they are the stars in the zoo's parrot show. People should listen out for unusual bird sounds in their neighborhood and report them to police, he said.
What phrases would you teach these birds?
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