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Parrot booted from UK soccer game for imitating ref's whistle

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 21, 2009 2:25 PM CST

(Newser) – A rare parrot had to be thrown out of a British football match when he began imitating the referee’s whistle, the Daily Mail reports. The parrot’s call was so realistic it actually stopped play dead 10 minutes into the second half, and continued...   Read full story »

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