Bad-Tempered Parrot Leaves a Bloody Clue

[Brutuskend]

Bad-Tempered Parrot Leaves a Bloody Clue
By Associated Press
Fri Jul 21, 4:53 AM

LONDON - An ill-tempered parrot left English police a vital clue to the thief who took the bird from a pet shop.

Tristand Maidment, 23, pleaded guilty Thursday to stealing a macaw named Mickey from a pet shop in Frome, southwestern England, last month.

Maidment said he couldn't remember being bitten by the parrot, but the wound left a trail of blood, which allowed police to make a DNA match to the suspect.

Mickey's owner, Angus Hart, said the parrot was notoriously bad tempered and about 50 years old.

Maidment also admitted charges of burglary and animal cruelty, and an unrelated count of theft. He was ordered to be held in custody pending a court appearance on Aug. 3.

 

[Fritzo]

It's amazing how those birds can live as long as humans. Those beaks are like vice grips too. I'm the reason they had to make those "DO NOT TOUCH THE BIRDS-THEY BITE" signs in pet stores

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: Fritzo
It's amazing how those birds can live as long as humans. Those beaks are like vice grips too. I'm the reason they had to make those "DO NOT TOUCH THE BIRDS-THEY BITE" signs in pet stores

Yeah, no kidding. My great uncle had a red macaw. One time, I was holding it, and it was fascinated with the rivets on my jeans. When he started trying to remove one of them from my pocket seam, I felt his razor sharp beak was a little too close for comfort to the family jewels and I tried to put him on my shoulder. Deprived of his prize, he felt he would take his revenge and took a nice bite out of my forearm. :|

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Originally posted by: loup garou
Deprived of his prize, he felt he would take his revenge and took a nice bite out of my forcep. :|

He tried to take a bite out of a surgical instrument?

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt

Originally posted by: loup garou
Deprived of his prize, he felt he would take his revenge and took a nice bite out of my forcep. :|

He tried to take a bite out of a surgical instrument?

oops

 

[Midlander]

I bet he'd "wish to register a compaint."