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The Straight Story Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-23-07 09:32 AM
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Parrot Imitates Fire Alarm, Saves Family
Parrot Imitates Fire Alarm, Saves Family

MUNCIE, Ind. -- A noisy parrot that likes to imitate sounds helped save a man and his son from a house fire by mocking a smoke alarm, the bird's owner says.

Shannon Conwell, 33, said he and his 9-year-old son fell asleep on the couch while watching a movie. They awoke about 3 a.m. Friday to find their home on fire after hearing the family's Amazon parrot, Peanut, imitating a fire alarm.

"He was really screaming his head off," Conwell said.

The smoke alarm had activated, but it was the bird's call that caught Conwell's attention.

http://www.local6.com/spotlight/14400928/detail.html
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knitter4democracy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-23-07 09:35 AM
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1. Yet another story showing animals smarter than we are.
Dogs, cats, parrots saving their humans from themselves. I sure hope they treat that parrot well from now on. :)
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ret5hd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-23-07 09:49 AM
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2. I hope they managed to save the parrot.
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Mojorabbit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-23-07 09:53 AM
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3. Mine imitates
the emergency weather radio alarm. He makes the obnoxious noise then say,"National Weather Bird". Of course he is likely to do it at any time, emergency or no....
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Sequoia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-23-07 10:50 AM
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5. That's really funny!
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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-23-07 10:35 AM
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4. What's really scary ... a parrot that has heard the smoke alarm go off enough times
to be able to imitate it perfectly, and with the right conditions ...

Methinks, this is not the first time that the smoke alarm has gone off while smoke was in the house ...
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