Dogs wear microchips filled with information that will help them find their way home. Lost parrots can just tell you where they are. When a woman found an African Gray parrot perched outside her window in a suburb of Tokyo, she called the authorities. They captured the parrot and put him in a local animal clinic.
There, the parrot decided he was tired of keeping quiet like he had at the police station. He started greeting people and singing children's songs to passersby. Then, 10 days later, he told someone, "My name is Yosuke Nakamura, and my address is XXXXXXX." Then he told someone else. Then he went on repeat and told everyone until they were convinced he was telling the truth. So they went to the address, and sure enough, the Nakamura household lived there and were mourning the loss of their parrot, Yosuke.
The Times of London reports:
It is still unclear why Yosuke refused to sing at the police station. “I tried to be friendly and talked to him, but he completely ignored me,” Mr Uemura said.
His parents taught him well. African Grays are among the smartest birds on the planet. They have the cognitive ability of an average six year old human.
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