Jayd Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 TIDBIT!!! Among the first animals Christopher Columbus came across in the New World were Amazon parrots. Columbus brought back Cuban parrots to Europe from his first voyage to the New World. Dr. Dari Russ published several books in the 1870's and 1880 's about popular birds as house pets. He gave the name "Amazon Parrot" to the birds known as "green parrots" or "short-winged parrots." Traders and sailors called them "Kriken". This comes from the French word "criquer", which means to screech. Although Amazons became pets, Indians hunted a far greater number for food. They served these birds with broth and rice. Those that survived capture and the long sea voyage, went to trainers in European port cities. These trainers were generally innkeepers in sailor bars, barbers or former sailors. The birds picked up repulsive ands such as spitting, snoring, hacking coughs and a good vocabulary of swear words. The new owners found that these sounds and words were almost impossible to remove from the birds' repertoire. Jayd http://www.upatsix.com/faq/amazon.htm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talon Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 Very nice piece of trivia. I don't knw how you find all this cool stuff, but your filling my head with facts and I'm lovin it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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