Lost Japanese Parakeet Is Reunited With Its Owner After It Tells Police Its Address

Cops are used to getting people to talk during interrogations, but a trio of Japanese police officers were surprised when a bird gave them some unexpected information.

MSNBC reports that a pet parakeet has been returned to its owner after the lost bird told police its home address.

According to AFP, the male bird -- named Piko -- had flown the coop on Sunday morning, escaping from its owner's home in the city of Sagamihara, west of Tokyo.

It was discovered by a guest at a nearby hotel and handed over to the police.

Then, on Tuesday evening, AFP reports that Piko suddenly began to talk -- repeating his full address to amazed police officers.

Piko's 64-year-old owner said that she jumped for joy when she heard the news that her bird had been found. She added that she had trained Piko to repeat her address and phone number after losing another bird a few years ago, MSNBC reports.

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Comments

[lisaman]

01:43 PM on 05/07/2012

My mom had a parakeet named Peanut, she would let him out to fly around the house during the day. She would tell Peanut "go see Lisa" and he would land on my shoulder. Did not matter who she sent him to, always by name, he would know who she was talking about. At the end of the day, she would say, Peanut go home and he would fly into his cage for the night. I never knew how smart birds were until I met Peanut.

[vrede]

04:30 AM on 05/09/2012

how cool. my dad gave me a dog which I wanted but mom said no so I got 2 parakeets. I was 6. I felt so bad for them I would let them out but made my mom nuts so one day I just opened the door and they flew out. They lived in the tree in our yard for a long time..always coming home for food..finally stopped coming so often..but they were free.. they are smart.

[stalcom]

11:24 AM on 05/07/2012

I thought just the Japanese people were intelligent and talented--turns out their pets are as well!

[Canadacarol]

09:11 AM on 05/07/2012

What a great story. Nice to see a happy ending for this wonderful bird and his wise owner.

My brother's bird diligently and loudly whistled "Bridge over the Rive Kwi' - from start to finish.

Another brother's parrot, Ned picked up on peoples laugh, and once, while we were discussing a serious family issue and with some of us in tears, the parrot went into hysterics and would not stop laughing. He lightened the mood. Unfortunately he also swears like a sailor.

[Brianna Cole]

06:58 AM on 05/07/2012

SO very cute. Too bad about the first one though.

[WhippetGood]

12:16 AM on 05/07/2012

AWWWWWWWWW. Cute bird. Smart owner.

[tootsie721]

12:53 PM on 05/06/2012

this is just a cute story! i wonder if the birdie got the full royal treatment when he got home...bird bath, massage the bird legs and rest for the bird brain......haha! ok so my humor is a bit out there, but it made me laugh........

[Happyexpat]

12:38 PM on 05/06/2012

Who could not love this story? I'll bet there are people on this thread agreeing with each and smiling and laughing who, on other threads, would be at each other's throats. That's why I love these stories and seek them out (almost) to the exclusion of others. When I get really healthy it will be ONLY these stories. :))

[sayrock]

12:08 PM on 05/06/2012

We had a parakeet when I was growing up. My mom taught it to say, "Stand back. I'm an eagle!" And around 6:00 every evening she would say, "Daddy' comin;" And the bird would finish it with, "Daddy's comin', pretty soon, pretty soon." Amazing little bird.

[Koiquoe]

11:00 AM on 05/06/2012

Parakeets like talking to cops, eh? Well, I just let my out into wild. Can't have that kind of busybody around here.

[Dragonmoose]

12:16 PM on 05/06/2012

lol! thanks for the chuckle!!!

[Ametista]

11:54 PM on 05/06/2012

OMG that was funny, poor little keet!

[3Nox]

10:42 AM on 05/06/2012

Yay!

[Julian Knox]

10:35 AM on 05/06/2012

Wow the parakeet had to have said the address in Japanese
Amazing!

[Opus Fideo]

11:30 AM on 05/06/2012

would it have been less amazing if it had said it in English or any other language? It's a bird, any human language is foreign to it.

[Ametista]

11:54 PM on 05/06/2012

That is even funnier than the comment above! LOL

[Nic the wonder puppy]

10:03 AM on 05/06/2012

Bird brain ?

[JumpySnark]

10:05 AM on 05/06/2012

Smarter than most of the commenters on this site!

[Nic the wonder puppy]

10:28 AM on 05/06/2012

I'm not worthy, I'm not worthy

[philp71]

10:37 AM on 05/06/2012

birds have a better memory than conservatives thats for sure

[Nic the wonder puppy]

10:47 AM on 05/06/2012

after reading this, birds have a better memory than us dogs

[Sandmanj]

09:29 AM on 05/06/2012

My son has a very bright parakeet that communicates in a lot of incredible ways, but he doesn't speak Japanese.

[Opus Fideo]

11:31 AM on 05/06/2012

If he lived in japan he would. Parakeets in Turkey speak Turkish, and parakeets in Argentina speak Spanish, AND Parakeets in Russia speak Russian! Amazing, I know.

[Brianna Cole]

07:01 AM on 05/07/2012

F&F

[ARTHUR SAILOR]

01:56 PM on 05/07/2012

How do you know? Have you ever talked to him in Japanese? ;)

[Howard Scott Pearlman 59]

09:27 AM on 05/06/2012

And if the Japanese news channel had done this bit right they would have had video of the parakeet talking and telling us it's telephone number and address !

[Zeta]

12:38 PM on 05/06/2012

The question becomes, how long do you send your camera crew to stand around until you give up getting that sound bite? 2 hrs? 6hrs? At some point it becomes ridiculous.

[earto44]

08:44 AM on 05/06/2012

PFA