You know how sometimes people post pictures of cute animals and caption them with \u201cit me\u201d ?? This is going to be one of those times.<\/p>\n
A parrot in Seoul has been apprehended after stealing people\u2019s coffee. As reported by The Chosun Daily<\/a>, our hero bird is believed to be a Yellow-crowned Amazon parrot\u2014or Yellow-cappuccin\u2019ed more presciently\u2014which is an endangered species and requires a special permit to own in South Korea. Captured earlier this month by the Korean Animal Rescue and Management Association, the parrot *allegedly<\/strong>* stole coffee from customers at a cafe in the Yangpyeong neighborhood in Seoul\u2019s Yeongdeungpo district. This plucky little fellow with a bright yellow head, a light green torso, and red and blue plumage had also been fed several treats<\/strong> by the cafe owner before being taken into custody.<\/p>\n These are the details as we know them, but still there is so much left unanswered. Like, what coffee did our bird buddy steal? And how? Was it a to-go cup or a demitasse that he swooped in to take? Did he grip it by the husk? Or was it more of a perch on the lip of the mug and have a few dips of the beak type deal? Also, who narc’d on our boy? If you thought you saw a bird steal a little coffee, no you didn’t!<\/p>\n And how does a bird develop a taste for coffee? The article notes that the parrot was well cared for, and I can\u2019t imagine coffee is part of a healthy avian diet. And yet, the coffee shop is the first place he visited. The bird needed a fix.<\/strong><\/p>\n Another question, one left frustratingly absent from all reporting, is which coffee shop this all took place at. Yangpyeong-dong, according to a quick Google Maps search, has so many really good options. FB Coffee Roasters<\/a> for instance, would be a great choice. There\u2019s Coffee Graffiti<\/a> and Cafe Annual Leave<\/a>. There\u2019s even a vegan option, the aptly named Salon de Vegan<\/a>, because I don\u2019t know how birds feel about meat. There are a few Starbucks around, but this appears to be a parrot of taste and distinction.<\/p>\n And what exactly is the bird\u2019s name? None of the reporting names the bird and so of course we’re going to take a swing. Signore Beanbeak<\/strong> is an option. Why not Polly Piccolo<\/strong> or Mr. Cuppers <\/strong>or Squawkcchiato<\/strong>?. There’s also Tim Wendelbird<\/strong> and Pete Kakaw-ta<\/strong> for the World Barista Champion inclined. You are of course welcome to suggest your own names for the coffee-stealing (alleged) bird on our Instagram, so long as you promise to behave.<\/p>\n All I know is, free the parrot! Let the bird have a little coffee if he wants.<\/p>\n Zac Cadwalader<\/a>\u00a0is the managing editor at Sprudge Media Network and a staff writer based in Dallas.\u00a0Read more Zac Cadwalader\u00a0on Sprudge<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Justice for Singore Beanbeak!","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":476999,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","csco_display_header_overlay":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27348],"tags":[33071,2263,3413,31202,33074,33072,33073],"class_list":["post-476992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-parrot","tag-seoul","tag-south-korea","tag-the-chosun-daily","tag-yangpyeong","tag-yellow-crowned-amazon-parrot","tag-yeongdeungpo","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sprudge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sprudge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sprudge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sprudge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sprudge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=476992"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/sprudge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":477024,"href":"https:\/\/sprudge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476992\/revisions\/477024"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sprudge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/476999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sprudge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=476992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sprudge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=476992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sprudge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=476992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}