Parrot paranoia betrays burglars
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A gang of thieves who burgled a house were swiftly caught by police when they returned for the family's pet parrot.
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The BBC's Sue Nelson investigates claims that wild animals, who escaped the impact of the quake, may have a sixth sense.
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Some cockfighters might take their roosters south of the border. Others are likely to go underground.
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In this gated world of great riches, wealth is protected behind high stone walls, intercoms, security cameras and warning signs. And still burglars are managing to break into the mansions of Greenwich.
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A pair of Dutch burglars' bad luck shifted into high gear when they were caught fleeing the scene of an attempted break-in on bicycles belonging to the very policeman who arrested them.
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BUFFALO, N.Y. - If a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, what will four birds in a pocket and three in a fanny pack bring? If border agents notice, a $1,000 fine and maybe worse.  U.S.
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BERLIN - A couple in northern Germany terrorized their neighbors by playing sounds of a rooster crowing in the middle of the night, police said Tuesday.
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By Kyle Bailey, The Miami Herald  Mar. 4--A feisty Anhinga dove into the murky waters ofand after disappearing for a few seconds popped out with a prize: a wriggling fish skewered by its beak.   Seconds later, a second bird swooped down to steal the freshly caught fish.
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Zookeepers feared for the welfare of a family of three monkeys, a day after they were stolen from a theme park in central England.
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A dog may be a man's best friend. But for some traumatized war veterans, parrots are proving even more of a help.
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. - An exotic animal with a long snout, bear-like claws and a tail like a raccoon scared the heck out of some narcotics investigators searching a home for drugs.
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A burglar visited Graeme Glass' home in New Zealand twice in one day &#151; first to steal some goods and later to return them, along with a heartfelt apology note.
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LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. - A woman outsmarted an apparently drug-addled burglar who threatened her with a sword, authorities said. Robin Ricketts, 52, said she awoke early Thursday when she heard strange noises coming from her home office.
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The mystery bird was certainly distinctive: dark brown, red bill, red legs, call like a trumpet, pretty hopeless at flying. You couldn&#39;t miss it if you knew it was there.
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Wildlife didn't scare Steve Irwin. Most wildlife, anyway.   "Parrots make me nervous," he once said, adding, "but I still love   them."
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MOSCOW -- When a hostage-taking at a school in southern Russia erupted in explosions last month, viewers who rushed to turn on state-run Channel 1 were treated to a film, ''Lady with a Parrot.&quot; They wouldn't have fared much better on Channel 2, which stuck to a travelogue.
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GRASSY KEY, Florida  - Deep in the heart of the Florida Keys, wildlife officials are laying bait laced with poison to try to wipe out a colony of enormous African rats that could threaten crops and other animals.