I heard about this story on one of the morning shows!

Lost Parrot Returns Home After Telling Veterinarian His Address

TOKYO — When Yosuke the parrot flew out of his cage and got lost, he did exactly what he had been taught — recite his name and address to a stranger willing to help.

Police rescued the African grey parrot two weeks ago from a neighbor's roof in the city of Nagareyama, near Tokyo. After spending a night at the station, he was transferred to a nearby veterinary hospital while police searched for clues, local policeman Shinjiro Uemura said.


May 21: Yosuke the parrot rests in his cage at
home in Nagareyama, Japan, after he was missing
for two weeks.

He kept mum with the cops, but began chatting after a few days with the vet.

"I'm Mr. Yosuke Nakamura," the bird told the veterinarian, according to Uemura. The parrot also provided his full home address, down to the street number, and even entertained the hospital staff by singing songs.

"We checked the address, and what do you know, a Nakamura family really lived there. So we told them we've found Yosuke," Uemura said.

The Nakamura family told police they had been teaching the bird its name and address for about two years.

But Yosuke apparently wasn't keen on opening up to police officials.

"I tried to be friendly and talked to him, but he completely ignored me," Uemura said.

way cool story

I was just reading this on another (non-bird) forum. What a cool story!

After living with Boca, I believe this.

I miss Gipper. He knew his name and address too!

I was this on Parrot 911 and a few other yahoo groups...awesome story...I just hope the bird has a better cage : /

I know, it didn't look too great, did it?