- 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.

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.

That's just too cool.

He must not have liked the way the cops grilled him, lol.

rofl LOLOL!

I have an african grey parrot that has a vocabulary of about 1000 words. He talks non stop (Can't guess where he learned to do that). I haven't taught him his name or address though. I think I'll give it a try. So glad Yosuke made it back home with his family!! I have really enjoyed having my parrot, as I live alone, and we can banter back and forth all day long. He's a Hoot!!