In an interesting turn of events, a human is imitating a parrot for a change. Eccentric Brit Ted Richards had his ears surgically removed to look more like his favorite bird, SWNS.com reports.
“I think it looks really great,” the 56-year-old says. “I love it. It’s the best thing that has happened to me. I am so happy it’s unreal, I can’t stop looking in the mirror. I’ve done it because I want to look like my parrots as much as possible.”
Ted -- who has four pet parrots -- already sports 110 tattoos, 50 piercings and a split tongue. He’s even inked the whites of his eyes.
He says he’s given his severed ears to a friend who “will appreciate them” and is now trying to find a surgeon who will turn his nose into a beak.
“I think it looks really great,” the 56-year-old says. “I love it. It’s the best thing that has happened to me. I am so happy it’s unreal, I can’t stop looking in the mirror. I’ve done it because I want to look like my parrots as much as possible.”
Ted -- who has four pet parrots -- already sports 110 tattoos, 50 piercings and a split tongue. He’s even inked the whites of his eyes.
He says he’s given his severed ears to a friend who “will appreciate them” and is now trying to find a surgeon who will turn his nose into a beak.
A duck and a dog walked into a bar, but just one walked out, according to a local U.K. paper.
Star, a quacker known locally as "Britain's booziest duck," has been injured in a bar fight at one of his favorite watering holes, notes the Cheddar Valley Gazette.
The bird is something of a celebrity around the pubs around Devon, thanks to his little bow tie and preference for swigging ale from a pint glass -- sometimes from his very own stool owners have set aside for him.
However, the little duck is sometimes not such a charming drunk, and tends to take it out on his buddy, a dog called Meggie, which is also owned by Star's handler Barrie Hayman. At his favorite pub, The Old Courthouse Inn, Star recently, "pushed his luck too far and Meggie snapped," Hayman explained, noting the duck suffered a split bill in the scrap.
While Hayman and his wife thought the bird's drinking days were over, he was relieved to find out the tough old bird -- which Hayman raised since Star was small enough to fit in his pocket -- was going to pull through.
"The vets are really pleased with his progress," Hayman noted.
Star, a quacker known locally as "Britain's booziest duck," has been injured in a bar fight at one of his favorite watering holes, notes the Cheddar Valley Gazette.
The bird is something of a celebrity around the pubs around Devon, thanks to his little bow tie and preference for swigging ale from a pint glass -- sometimes from his very own stool owners have set aside for him.
However, the little duck is sometimes not such a charming drunk, and tends to take it out on his buddy, a dog called Meggie, which is also owned by Star's handler Barrie Hayman. At his favorite pub, The Old Courthouse Inn, Star recently, "pushed his luck too far and Meggie snapped," Hayman explained, noting the duck suffered a split bill in the scrap.
While Hayman and his wife thought the bird's drinking days were over, he was relieved to find out the tough old bird -- which Hayman raised since Star was small enough to fit in his pocket -- was going to pull through.
"The vets are really pleased with his progress," Hayman noted.
This hospital patient was decidedly not very patient when it came to getting a ride home. A man in Des Moines, Iowa, allegedly stole a taxi immediately after being discharged from Mercy Medical Center on Friday.
KCCI Des Moines reports that Luis Orellana-Rivera jumped into a running taxi parked outside the hospital, and drove away. The driver promptly reported his vehicle stolen and police located Orellana-Rivera about 30 minutes later.
He apparently told police he stole the taxi because he didn’t want to walk the six blocks home. He was arrested on a second-degree theft charge.
KCCI Des Moines reports that Luis Orellana-Rivera jumped into a running taxi parked outside the hospital, and drove away. The driver promptly reported his vehicle stolen and police located Orellana-Rivera about 30 minutes later.
He apparently told police he stole the taxi because he didn’t want to walk the six blocks home. He was arrested on a second-degree theft charge.