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The closing feature on CBS served as a cautionary, although visually charming, tale for petlovers. "They are loud. They poop incessantly. They love to chew. What you have got is a three-year-old child running around with a can opener on its face." Thus Mira Tweti, author of the book Of Parrots and People described the dubious charms of owning a parrot as a pet. The birds are beautiful and talkative and intelligent and can do tricks, Bill Whitaker pointed out. They are third only to dogs and cats in pet popularity, with some 40m owned nationwide. The trouble is that the birds need to fly in flocks. Alone with a human they can be incessantly demanding or, worse, self-mutilating in their craving for company. Thus Whitaker explained the flocks of parrots multiplying in cities from San Francisco to Brooklyn "set loose by frustrated owners." Yes, Tweti. That is her real name.
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