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Dublin: 12 °C Sunday 19 May, 2013

It’s Friday so here’s a slideshow of parrots from around the world!

Cute birds.

WE’RE NOT GOING to lie to y’all but this is getting hard.

There are only so many cute animals on offer on the Internet and, no, we can’t have cats every week. So, today’s brainstorm lasted a little bit longer than usual and then we had to start thinking outside the box.

What haven’t we done yet? What animal are we underestimating? Have we come to the end? Surely not? And then it came to us. Cute birds. And not in an FHM sense.

There are 1,200 different species of the winged-creatures that we’ve been ignoring. Frankly, it was ignorance on our part and we apologise.  That’s all about to end now though. May we present the parrot (with bonus Hugh Grant, Prince Charles and Shane ‘the tatted one from Boyzone’ Lynch). Enjoy.

It’s Friday so here’s a slideshow of parrots from around the world!
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  • Wearing the green jersey

    Enda would be happy. (AP Photo/Shirley Bahadur)
  • Raking it in

    This parrot is holding one of about 400 Rupees he receives each day in Varanasi, India. He received the money in exchange for blessings. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
  • Whatevs

    This kid. Totally unperturbed by the parrot on her head. All in a St Patrick's day in Bucharest seemingly. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
  • Baby parrots

    Or a parrot chick if you want to get technical. This one was born last year in Puerto Rico. This particular parrot species was endangered but is now making a comeback, Mighty Ducks-style. Yay! (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)
  • They grow up so fast

    The same Puerto Rican parrot chick at two weeks. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)
  • What you lookin' at?

    And an older Puerto Rican parrot shows off his full coast of shocking green and red feathers. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)
  • An Alabama Macaw

    Look how happy he is! (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
  • Bonus Hugh Grant

    Hugh doesn't look really that comfortable though. (AP Photo/Jonathan Short)
  • Should I tip for this?

    Just the wash-n-blowdry today - I'll get a cut and colour the next time. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
  • Love-in

    Valentine's Day in China. Would make ya sick. (Photo by Yu Fangping/ChinaFotoPress)
  • And again.

    Same day, another couple showing it off. (Photo by Yu Fangping/ChinaFotoPress)
  • Eat up little one

    One of two baby Mount Apo Lorikeet's which are being hand reared at Chester Zoo, Chester.
  • City slickers

    Wild cerry-headed conures call San Francisco home and have become a given of city life, squawking their way to their favourite spots, delighting tourists. The famous flock is now about 300 strong, more than triple what it was 10 years ago. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
  • 1,2,3,4,5,6,7....zzz...8...9...zzzzzzzzzzz

    Curator of Birds Nigel Simpson counts Rainbow Lorikeets at Bristol Zoo Gardens during the annual stocktake.
  • Amazing

    It's like looking in a mirror.
  • What?

    He's just riding his scooter?
  • He wanted the scooter

    But got stuck with the kid's tricycle. No fair.
  • Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

    eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
  • It's breakfast time back home

    A baby parrot is fed bananas at a federal police station in Rio de Janeiro. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
  • What's for dessert?

    A baby parrot is fed bananas at a federal police station in Rio de Janeiro after a man was arrested for trying to smuggle 200 baby parrots which have a black market value of close to US,000. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
  • 200 PARROTS! 200!

    Baby parrots sit in boxes at a federal police station in Rio de Janeiro. Federal police said a man was arrested while trying to smuggle 200 baby parrots which have a black market value of close to 15-thousand US dollars. The parrots will be taken to a recovery center at Ibama, Brazil's environmental agency, before being returned to their natural habitat. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
  • K-I-S-S-I-N-G

    A pair of parrots kiss each other in their cage in Beijing, China
  • Ok, get a room

    A pair of parrots kiss each other in their cage in Beijing, China
  • Seriously

    A pair of parrots kiss each other in their cage in Beijing, China
  • Having a good chin-wag

    Parrots at Trotters World of Animals in Cumbria.
  • Hmmmmmmm

    Any ideas? (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
  • Camera shy

    (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
  • Prideful Parrots

    At the 2010 Dublin Pride Parade, Barbara Doyle, her green wing macaw Blossom and Marley the St Bernard showed off their colours. Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland
  • P-p-p-p-parrot

    Judi Costelloe and three-year-old Genevieve get a good gawk during an expo at the RDS. Image: James Horan/Photocall Ireland
  • The Prince and the Parrot

    A fairytale with a happy ending or a twisted plot? You decide.
  • No comment.

    This is a 1998 shot of Harrods owner Mohamed Al-Fayed and Boyzone's Shane Lynch. Oh, and a parrot.
  • Really, no comment

    This is a 1998 shot of Harrods owner Mohamed Al-Fayed and Boyzone's Shane Lynch. Oh, and two parrots.

Alright, you can have a video as well.


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