An animal rescue shelter in Rhode Island is looking for someone to adopt a pet parrot that has a vocabulary more colorful than its feathers.
The Forever Paws Animal Shelter in Fall River received a 20-year-old parrot named Hendrix that was surrendered by its owner. Hendrix came to the facility in pretty bad shape and malnourished because his owner wasn't feeding him a proper diet for a parrot. Since arriving at the shelter and getting the necessary care, he has made a swift recovery and is now ready to be adopted into a forever home. There's just one thing potential adopters need to know. Hendrix speaks a lot and has an extremely vulgar vocabulary.
A post on the shelter's social media warns, "If you adopt Hendrix, you're basically adopting Samuel L. Jackson." Chantelle Rogers, a staffer at Forever Paws, tells WJAR-TV, "Sometimes when you give him something he'll say, 'Thank you.' If you call him a pretty bird, he'll say, 'Thank you.' He'll say, 'Good morning, baby.' That's as far as the niceties go. The rest of it is slurs, cusses, things I can't repeat on camera." Needless to say, adoption applications have been pouring in.