And other stories from the stranger side of life
by The Week team
3 Aug 2021
A wildlife centre has been forced to separate five parrots who wouldn’t stop swearing at visitors. Billy, Eric, Tyson, Jade and Elsie were removed from view at Lincolnshire Wildlife Centre after they repeatedly cursed. However, the centre has revealed there had been no complaints about the naughty language. “When a parrot tells you to ‘f off’ it amuses people,” said a spokesman. “It’s brought a big smile to a really hard year.”
Graphics show Neanderthals were artistic
Neanderthals painted stalagmites in a Spanish cave more than 60,000 years ago, according to a new study. Experts have concluded that the graphics are at least 64,800 years old, made at a time when modern humans did not inhabit the continent. The Guardian says the discovery counters the perception that Neanderthals were “unsophisticated and brutish”.