Animals

March 12, 2026

British Expat’s Parrot Missing for 4 Years Returns to California Speaking Spanish

Pets sometimes pick up strange habits while we’re away from them. But one parrot who went missing came back with something far more unexpected: a completely different language. Nigel, an African grey parrot belonging to British expat Darren Chick in California, vanished from his home in 2010 after flying away unexpectedly. For years, Chick assumed his beloved bird was gone for good. Four years later, however, the talkative parrot reappeared in the most surprising way.

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March 9, 2026

New “Cat” Book Is the Purr-Fect Way To Celebrate Our Feline Friends Across Time

Some 4,000 years ago, cats waltzed into our lives for the first time. We continued to domesticate these beloved creatures across millennia, relying upon them as hunters, companions, and even as idols, as in ancient Egypt. Today, cats live on every continent except Antarctica, and about 49 million households in the U.S. boasted at least one feline friend in 2024.

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March 5, 2026

Man From South Korea Adopts a Wild Boar and Go on Adventures Around the City Together

A wild boar is not a creature you’d expect to see around the city, much less as someone’s pet. And yet, that’s exactly what happened in South Korea. Years ago, a 70-year-old man in Haeundae-gu, Busan, got a boar with the purpose of cooking it. However, after realizing the animal could understand him, the pair developed a unique bond. And so, what was bound to become a meal became a beloved and unexpected pet.

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