BEAKY'S VACUUM HELL.BEAKY the cockatiel cockatiel Crested, small, gray Australian parrot (Nymphicus hollandicus). It has a yellow head, red ear patches, and a heavy beak used to crack nuts. The cockatiel is in the same family (Cacatuidae) as the larger cockatoo. About 13 in. was sucked into a vacuum cleaner vacuum cleaner, mechanical device using a draft of air to remove dust, loose dirt, or other particulate matter from dry surfaces. It is especially useful on highly textured surfaces, such as carpets and upholstery, that are difficult to clean by wiping or brushing. as he tried to pick a fight with it. The bird's feathers feathers, outgrowths of the skin, constituting the plumage of birds. Feathers grow only along certain definite tracts (pterylae), which vary in different groups of birds. were spotted poking out of the vacuum's tube by owner Helen Gooding, 48. And Beaky escaped unhurt, if slightly cleaner, after being rescued by firemen. They held his feet and feathers while a colleague blew down the pipe. Helen, 48, from Locking, Somerset, said: "I doubt this will put Beaky off, he's a bird brain." The 16-year-old bird terrorises her cats, fights the computer and once got stranded strand 1 n. The land bordering a body of water; a beach. v. strand·ed, strand·ing, strands v.tr. 1. To drive or run ashore or aground. 2. in a river. Helen said: "He's a little character." |
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