When the bird grabbed the reporter's earpiece, he was reporting on the serious topic of a residential break-in for the Chilevisión channel.
Parrots can be extremely hilarious birds when they start mimicking those around them, being picky about food, or talking to us. One parrot, however, wanted to take their amusement and curiosity to another level. The stealthy parrot stole a Chilean reporter's earphones while he was on a live broadcast about crime and insecurity.
When the parrot landed on Nicolas Krumm's shoulder and grabbed his earpiece, he was discussing a residential break-in for the Chilevisión channel. "It's just taken my earpiece," Krumm can be heard saying, according to Daily Mail. Captain Jack Parrot Who? Parrots of the Caribbean who?
The very serious theft was reported in major publications like BBC and The Guardian as well. The videographer tried to grab hold of the bird to get the earpiece but the bird flew away. The earpiece was eventually dropped by the parrot, and the journalist was able to retrieve it. Krumm later told a studio host that he "felt a presence" close to him and realized it was a parrot halfway through a midday broadcast.
Krumm said he was aware that people spend years training parrots to perch on their shoulders and that things like this don't happen on a daily basis. However, he still alerted "the cameraman more than anything because it was picturesque." But right then, "when I'm trying to make sure the cameraman has seen the parrot, it takes my earpiece." Given the gravity of the situation which was being broadcast live, Krumm decided that "the most prudent thing was to carry on with the broadcast" rather than commenting on the parrot right away. Krumm believes his earpiece drew the parrot's attention while it was watching them from nearby railings. The monk parakeet can be seen looking at the earpiece out of the corner of its eye after landing on the journalist's left shoulder.
Krumm later revealed that his cameraman had discovered the earpiece and recovered it from a nearby patch of grass. In a similar incident, a rogue parrot landed on reporter Britney Kleyn's shoulder as she was about to film a broadcast for Australia's Nine News in March 2016, reports Express. The video went viral after the news reporter, forgetting she was about to broadcast, let slip a swearword before pleading and shouting at the cameraman, "Get it off me!"
Maybe there is a hidden journalist in these parrots and they need a chance to prove they are good reporters too. Who knows, they might outdo us.
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