標題: Dancing and singing parrot- it's name is Snowball the Cockatoo. [打印本頁] 作者: sk 時間: 2007-10-18 04:43 PM 標題: Dancing and singing parrot- it's name is Snowball the Cockatoo.
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(THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) . Z/ K5 R U: t1 H- _ : z' _% j; C- ~SCHERERVILLE, Ind. - Snowball the cockatoo can't get enough of the Backstreet Boys.! v6 }7 R8 c8 [* J6 P
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The 11-year-old medium sulphur-crested cockatoo lifts his legs, squawks and bobs his head, flashing his bright yellow crest to the beat of the boy band's "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)." He even takes a bow with a vigorous bob of his head at the end of the 1997 pop tune. ' H, F: X( h/ o0 E: a 6 ^- [# b4 h3 z d/ j$ A+ W$ GWhen Snowball was given to a bird rescue shelter a few months ago, the man included the CD and instructions to watch his reaction. A/ O5 `- T s, L+ R
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Irena Schulz said she almost fainted at the sight. ]" e* w7 ?. D( A( f! J; |* P; o- A! g8 a# ^
"I'm thinking, 'What on earth is this? This is unreal,"' said Irena, who runs Bird Lovers Only Rescue with her husband, Chuck. 1 r# u) t) T5 j* S* O7 v, p, \8 n# M- \4 V
The couple said they have been contacted by people from around the world who have watched Snowball on the video-sharing website YouTube. ( ~/ W) D0 j1 @ 2 q6 r2 C# e0 F3 D) WThe northwestern Indiana couple have more than 30 birds in their home and many are available for adoption. "He makes a great spokesbird for the rescue," Chuck Schulz said. N0 `8 Q8 x" m" g) E+ O3 A G# W& Y8 P/ i: X
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"He's my baby," Irena Schulz said. "He will stay here and be loved."
