Five parrots have been removed from public display at a British wildlife park after they started swearing at visitors.
The parrots joined a group of 200 other African grey parrots after the Lincolnshire Wildlife Park adopted them in August, according to ABC News.
“But, just by coincidence, we took in five in the same week and because they were all quarantined together it meant that one room was just full of swearing birds,” CEO Steve Nichols told Fox News.
After a brief quarantine period, the birds were moved to the main aviaries outdoors, as park staff hoped the cussing would subside.
“Literally within 20 minutes of being in the introductory, we were told that they had sworn at a customer, and for the next group of people, all sorts of obscenities came out,” Nichols said.
No visitors had complained about the parrots. Some found the situation amusing, according to CNN.
However, the parrots have been moved into separate enclosures to “save children’s ears.” The five birds have been separated from each other in hopes that they learn new language, according to ABC News.
“I’m hoping they learn different words within colonies — but if they teach the others bad language and I end up with 250 swearing birds, I don’t know what we’ll do,” Nichols added.
These aren’t the first birds to cause a stir this year at Lincolnshire. Chico, the parrot, went viral on social media earlier this year for his rendition of Beyonce’s “If I Were a Boy,” per BBC.