The parrot also uses the device to play music and tell jokes.<\/b>
\nA peckish parrot has been caught ordering strawberries, a watermelon and even a water boiler through his foster owner\u2019s electronic personal assistant.
Rocco, an African Grey, requested the items through an Alexa device while his minder was out of the home. Luckily, due to a parental lock, none of his attempted purchases went through.
Rocco, who lives with Marion Wischnewski in Berkshire, U. K., has attempted to order everything from kites and lightbulbs through Alexa since moving to her home. He also gets the device to tell him jokes and play his favorite tunes.
\u201cI\u2019ve come home before and he has romantic music playing,\u201d Wischnewski told The Times of London . \u201cHe loves to dance and has the sweetest personality.\u201d
Wischnewski agreed to take Rocco under her wing after he caused chaos at the National Animal Welfare Trust sanctuary where he was living. Wischnewski, who worked at the sanctuary, took pity on the boisterous bird after he cursed and threw his water bowl around.
Rocco isn\u2019t the only parrot to get in trouble for a foul-mouthed tirade. Jessie, a turquoise and yellow macaw, recently blasted firefighters attempting to rescue her from a roof with a stream of abuse. \u201cFuck off,\u201d Jessie told the crew in London as they tried to coax her down.
Jessie\u2019s owner told the firefighters to \u201cbond\u201d with the belligerent bird by telling her, \u201cI love you,\u201d the London Fire Brigade reported on Twitter. But she was clearly unimpressed by their attempt at affection.
Jessie \u201ckept swearing, much to our amusement,\u201d watch manager Chris Swallow told Sky News at the time. \u201c [She] also speaks Turkish and Greek, so we tried telling her to \u2018come\u2019 in both those languages too.\u201d
Although she was initially believed injured, Jessie flew to another roof and a tree after around an hour of curse-filled chaos. She then returned to her owner, who thanked the firefighters for their efforts.
The angry bird herself even said a muffled \u201cthank you\u201d to the firefighters in a video taken by her owners.
Last year in Oregon, police were fooled by the melodramatic wails of a parrot. Officers rushed towards the sound of a screaming woman, only to discover a bird called Diego.<\/p>\n