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Noisy parrot

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Photo: P V Sivakumar

Screeching parrot : Almost like a fire alarm.

A parrot that likes to imitate sounds helped save a man and his son from a house fire by mocking a smoke alarm. The bird’s owner Shannon Conwell, 33, said he and his nine-year-old son fell asleep on the couch while watching a movie. They awoke about three a.m. to find their home on fire after hearing the family’s parrot, Peanut, imitating a fire alarm. “He was really screaming his head off,” Conwell said. The smoke alarm had activated, but it was th e bird’s call that caught Conwell’s attention. “I grabbed my son and my bird, and got out of the house,” he said. The fire destroyed the home’s dining room, kitchen and bedroom, Muncie fire officials said.

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