Gave signs when lost: A man got his lost parrot back after the parrot imitated his voice and proved that it belonged to him.
Alan Lazarus of Britain had an African grey parrot that he raised from a young chick. The parrot's name was Zorba. One day, Lazarus was cleaning the cage and Zorba flew out the door and disappeared.
The shocked Lazarus began searching for his precious parrot, enlisting the police and fire department to help him. After all, Zorba the parrot was worth over 2,000 euros. In the meantime, the parrot also suffered after being attacked by a vicious crow and captured by unknown persons who removed the ring on his leg with Lazarus' name engraved on it.
The expensive parrot was sold to a Turkish restaurant owner, where it was accidentally recognized by a friend of Lazarus. He demanded the parrot back, but the Turk naturally resisted. Scotland Yard, who was called to the scene, took the parrot to the station and asked Lazarus, who was called to the station, to prove that the parrot was indeed his.
Lazarus described the color of the parrot's feathers, but the officers explained to him that gray parrots are not uncommon. Lazarus entered the room where the parrot was and tried to think of a way to convince the officers that it was indeed his bird. After many minutes in the police station, almost reaching despair, the cell phone in his pocket rang.
He picked up the phone and planned to say 'hello' 'hello' into the mouthpiece, but then the parrot beat him to it and said 'hello' hello' in a voice remarkably similar to Lazarus's. The shocked police officers heard the word 'hello' from him, called him again, and the parrot, recognizing the tone of its owner's phone, imitated his 'hello' again with perfect accuracy. The voice match was enough for the police officers and they returned Lazarus his precious parrot.
The happy Lazarus told the Daily Express website that Zorba knows over 1,000 words, and now, after his stay at the Turkish restaurateur's, he also speaks a little Turkish: "I'm so happy he's back home, he's like a child to me.".
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