Parrot learns to use Amazon Alexa in home
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A Florida pet owner has reported that an African grey parrot called Petra has learned to use the family’s Amazon Alexa to operate the lights in the home. Petra’s owners say the bird has a vocabulary of around 300 words, and likes to switch the lights in the home on and off at all hours of the day and night.
Man calls police after pig follows him home
An Ohio man resorted to calling for police assistance after a pig “relentlessly” followed him home early on Sunday morning. Officers managed to corner the animal, before loading it into a police car and taking it back to the station, where they named it “Zoey”.
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