The story goes that a young woman marries very young. Her husband always goes on business trips, so she spends a lot of time alone. So she buys herself an African Grey. They have a really strong bond, and he is a very good mimicker. Years pass.
Suddenly, the woman notices the bird saying something odd. He keeps repeating a woman's name in her husband's tone of voice. She finds this very odd, because she knows no one by that name - no friends, no family, no one. The bird continues saying this woman's name, and shows no signs of stopping.
So, the woman does something she has never done before, she reads her husbands mail. To her surprise, she finds two train tickets destined to Paris, the names listed being her husbands and the name of the woman. She confronts her husband, and her admits to having an affair.
Apparently, the Grey was overhearing whatever the husband said to the other woman on the phone.
After the story, they interviewed a parrot behaviorist. He said that parrots create a deep bond with their owner. Parrots will try to protect their owners from threats.
Was it the parrot mimicking or was it actually trying to protect his dearest? My bets are on the latter
