The Power of Negative Parrots!

Here’s a feel good story highlighting the negative thinking technique of preparing for the worst. From CNN:

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.

Okay, so he’s a little shy around the police.

This is why we have our dogs micro chipped. For the off chance they get lost or stolen, we’ve done something to be proactive in their return. We don’t assume everything is going to be peachy keen, we’ve got some safety measures in place.

This family made sure if Mr. Yosuke Nakamura (Our dogs have full names too – Otto Von Titsling Price and Gertrude Condoleezza Price) flew away, he’d be able to get himself home. Forget about cavemen, it’s so easy even a parrot can do it!