A feminine Congo African gray parrot doesn’t like its proprietor’s ailing father – and mocks the person’s power cough by making mimicking sounds.

The rescue parrot’s identify is Jack, though it is a feminine – and the parrot apparently hates males, SWNS reported.

Jack’s proprietor, Lorna Webb, has a dad who’s affected by power obstructive pulmonary illness (COPD). 

He is 66 and is a former taxi driver.

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All three of them lived collectively in Bedford, Bedfordshire, for 10 years.

The dad was recognized with COPD in 2008 and the injury to his lungs is irreversible. He makes use of inhalers, steroids, residence oxygen and nebulizers to attempt to handle his sickness, in keeping with SWNS, a British-based information service.

Jack is a feminine Congo African gray parrot – and he or she mocks the cough of her proprietor’s dad. (SWNS)

Although the daughter and her parrot moved out 5 years in the past, the parrot continues to repeat the dad’s coughing and spluttering, to this present day.

Mentioned Lorna Webb, “It is unusual to assume that lengthy after my dad has handed, his coughs will nonetheless be echoing round in my flat.”

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A full-time employee in on-line customer support, she stated that regardless of the seriousness of her dad’s situation, the household maintains a darkish humorousness concerning the chicken’s conduct. 

A video even exhibits the dad, in jest, flipping the chicken on the parrot (see above!) after watching a video of its relentless mimicry, SWNS reported.

“Jack has a really sturdy gender desire towards ladies, so she hates males, with out exception.”

Lorna Webb added, “We discover Jack’s mocking of my dad very humorous. That sort of gallows humor definitely is not for everybody, however all of us had a extremely good giggle” about it, she additionally stated.

“It is funnier as a result of Jack actually dislikes my dad, so it is like she is mocking him dying.”

Jack, a feminine Congo African gray parrot, strongly dislikes males, her proprietor stated. (SWNS)

Jack makes her sturdy dislike for males identified by her conduct towards them, stated the chicken’s proprietor.

“She would sneak throughout the ground silently and assault the again of his ankles.”

“Like many African greys, Jack has a really sturdy gender desire towards ladies – she hates males, with out exception,” stated Lorna Webb.

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“When Jack and I lived with my dad, she would sneak throughout the ground silently and assault the again of his ankles. Or she’d fly down and chunk the again of his neck.”

Jack lived with proprietor Lorna Webb, 28, and her father in Bedfordshire for 10 years – and picked up on the person’s cough from COPD. (SWNS)

Even so, Lorna Webb stated her father “loves” the parrot.

“Nevertheless, he’s completely fearful of her,” she added – “and with good cause,” SWNS reported.

She additionally stated, “If a person enters Jack’s area, she is going to exit of her solution to chunk him.”

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The African gray parrot is alleged to be very vivid.  

These birds “are the preferred pet chicken on the earth.”

They’re among the many smartest birds on the earth and the best mimic of human speech among the many 350 or so identified parrot species, in keeping with Nationwide Geographic. 

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Analysis has proven that the birds possess cognitive abilities equal to that of a 5-year-old baby, stated NatGeo.

“Due to their intelligence and skill to imitate human speech,” African gray parrots “are the preferred pet chicken on the earth,” stated NatGeo. (SWNS)

“Due to their intelligence and skill to imitate human speech,” these birds “are the preferred pet chicken on the earth,” stated NatGeo on its web site. 

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They’re native to the rainforests of Central Africa. 

“The birds breed effectively in captivity,” it additionally stated.

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At the very least 1.3 million of them “have been exported legally from Africa over the previous 4 a long time, significantly to nations within the Center East.”