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Five foul-mouthed African grey parrots at Lincolnshire Wildlife Park became an internet sensation after being separated for swearing at visitors and laughing together. The birds, named Billy, Elsie, Eric, Jade and Tyson, arrived at the park in 2020 and were quarantined together, where they apparently picked up each other’s colourful language. Once they were introduced to visitors, it reportedly took less than 20 minutes for the parrots to start letting out obscenities at guests. 

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What made the situation even funnier was that the parrots seemed to encourage one another. According to the park’s chief executive, Steve Nichols, one bird would swear, another would burst into laughter, and the reaction would encourage the first bird to keep going. Staff found the behaviour hilarious, and many visitors did too, but with families and young children visiting, the park decided to move the birds to separate areas so they would stop setting each other off. 

The story didn’t end there, though. By 2024, the park revealed that three more parrots had picked up the habit, bringing the total number of known swearing birds to eight. Keepers even considered introducing them to a larger group of more polite parrots in the hope that the good behaviour would rub off on them. Instead of being punished, the birds became a major talking point for the wildlife park, proving just how clever African grey parrots can be at copying human speech, sounds and even laughter. 

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