'Squawk You!' African Grey Parrots in U.K. Zoo Use FOWL Language & Staff Hatches Plan to Stop Mean Tweets

If you recall, about four years ago in the U.K., Lincolnshire Wildlife Park took in five African Grey parrots who apparently need their little beaks washed out with soap. They reportedly kept hurling slurs at zoo guests, especially telling them to 'f**k off'. The birds in question are named Billy, Elsie, Eric, Jade and Tyson, and they were eventually separated from the other birds. During Covid-19 quarantines, the birds hilariously taught each other a wide range of curse words and expletive phrases. The zoo staff now has a new plan to hopefully clean up the bird's sailor-inspired language, check it out:

Potty-mouthed parrots teaching other birds to swear as zoo hatches plan to stop problem https://t.co/WKuOQeWJJB pic.twitter.com/6HaboBbIXt
— New York Post (@nypost) January 24, 2024

The original five never cleaned up their language, and then they were placed with three other equally vulgar parrots, Eric, Captain, and Sheila. Why zoo officials thought this would stop the cussing is beyond us, but we are here for the shenanigans!

The park's chief executive, Steve Nichols, has said that they still curse, and even laugh after doing so. BRB, booking a flight to the U.K. now!

So the genius new solution they've come up with? To put these eight potty-mouthed birds in with NINETY-TWO OTHERS, and just cross their fingers that the ninety-two will teach the eight things like microwave noises, or the beeping of a vehicle in reverse.

However, if all goes wrong, Lincolnshire Wildlife Park could have 100 cussing parrots, Nichols has said.

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Yeah, we are totally buying tickets to see THAT!

Fowl language! :D https://t.co/rpf9TXrK4E
— LibertyJ (@LibertyJen) January 31, 2024

Until I read the article I assumed this is a New York City problem https://t.co/YBK6XDFzzN
— (((Aaron Walker))) (@AaronWorthing) January 31, 2024

Nichols has also reported that no one seems upset by these birds. 'People have come to us but they think it’s highly amusing, we haven’t had one complaint,' Nichols told The Guardian in 2020. 'When a parrot tells you to f—k off, it amuses people very highly. It’s brought a big smile to a really hard year.'