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British Parrot Went Missing For Four Years Returns Speaking Spanish
Parrots are highly intelligent crea- tures and their learning capacity is quite impres- sive. This next story of a grey African parrot called Nigel will
surely leave you in awe, as he returned to his owner after 4 years of wander- ing around the world.
But the most
stunning part is the fact that he also learned to speak Spanish while traveling. Nigel flew away in 2010 from his home in California, and
once he returned to his owner, Darren Chicks his British accent was gone and had been replaced by a Spanish one.
Another peculiar
thing was that he kept asking about someone named “Larry”. The miss- ing parrot was found by Julissa Sperling in Torrance and she mentioned that Nigel was speak- ing Spanish to her, asking “What happened?”
After searching online for missing parrot ads, she found someone looking for her lost companion and turned out to be an entirely dif- ferent owner. But luckily, she con- tacted the Animal Lovers pet store, which kept all
their receipts from previous sells, and they man- aged to track down Nigel’s owner.
At first, both the parrot and Darren were confused by the meeting, since it had been so long that they last saw each other.
Now Darren says that he instantly recognized his lost pet when he saw it, he just couldn’t believe his eyes as Nigel had been gone for such a long time.
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