Polly Want a Supoena?
Monday, July 24th, 2006 • Filed under Burglaries, Other, Theft
What’s the most vengeful force on the Earth? Fear? Hate? Republicans? Nope, it’s good ol’ Mother Nature, the only force on Earth that can order thousands of cute bunny rabbits to rip you to pieces. I’m sure the Republicans are working on something similar, maybe with lemurs.
LONDON (AP) – 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.
Foiled by a parrot and coincidentally, on the same weekend as the premiere of the “Pirates of the Carribean” sequel. I smell the evil marketing genius of Walt Disney at work.
I also found it odd that the parrot bit him so hard that he bled. Do you know what you have to do for that to happen? Not only would you have to stick your hand in the cage for longer than 30 minutes, but you’d also have to have your hand coated in birdseed and disguised as a worm.
For his crimes, Maidment faces possible punishments including jail time, fines and pretending to be a statue in a pigeon breeding ground.
Chiari says: December 27th, 2006 at 9:53 pm
“Mickey! BrAcH! Mickey did it!” hahaha cool bird
swytchblayd says: January 14th, 2007 at 6:39 pm
he must’ve stuck his middle finger.
that would explain why the parrot snapped (quite literally).
Jon says: March 8th, 2007 at 11:42 am
Actually, I’ve been around those birds before and they bite so hard it’s not even funny. It would just take one bite to start bleeding. Bleeding as much as he was would require him to be trying to pet the damn bird while it was biting him lol.
Kat says: June 5th, 2007 at 5:07 pm
Parrots usually only bite when provoked. But they can be quite ornery and even the nicest parrot will take a bite out of you now and then. Anyone who keeps multiple parrots will bleed on a daily basis. There are degrees of nips leading up to a real bite. If you’re not bleeding or missing fingers, it wasn’t a real bite. They’re beaks are strong and can crush bone, or leave huge gaping wounds. This story is not improbably at all, in fact I would be surprised if the man wasn’t bitten to the point of bleeding all over.
The Fried Funk Food EP says: June 6th, 2007 at 7:47 pm
The Fried Funk Food EP…
news…
Ruri says: April 29th, 2009 at 8:20 am
Wish I had a bird like that to guard my house. =O