Sunday, April 20, 2008

Shake Your Tailfeathers...If You've Got Them

Oscar is a cockatoo. Oscar is naked. Oscar dances.

I first came across the story of Oscar while watching The Soup on E! Oscar lives at the Broward County Humane Society in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She came to the humane society about 12 years at which point she was diagnosed with only six months to live.

Oscar has beak and feather disease. This disease is a virus that is easily spread to other birds. They lose their feathers and are susceptible to infection which often leads to death in affected birds.

This sounds sad, but when you see Oscar, despite looking like roasted chicken, you see how happy she is with her family at the humane society. She talks, sings and even does a Mick Jagger impression. Take a look at this youtube.com video:

1 comment:

Matt Brown said...

The Mick Jagger impression is hilarious!