Parrot taking more than two hours to recover after it became paralysed when suffering an electric shock.
Smartphone footage recorded in the city of Shenzhen, located in China’s coastal province of Guangdong, depicted the bird struggling to maintain balance on 31st April.
The parrot can be seen swinging its head back and forth while lying in its owner’s palm, and repeatedly falling while attempting to walk.
It followed after the bird chewed on several wires around the home, including its owner’s charging cable, and then went limp after being shocked by electricity.
The owner added: “Silly child. It bit the wire and electroshocked itself. Took almost two minutes to come back to life.
“After waking up, it couldn’t stand steadily, kept shaking its head. It took two hours to fully recover.”
However, despite taking quite some time to go back to normal, the pet parrot then continued chewing wires, without having learned from the painful experience, said the owner.
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The video triggered many reactions on China’s version of TikTok, Douyin, leaving users unable to hold back from commenting.
Douyin user ‘Zijian’ said: “It appears to like electrotherapy.”
Then user ‘Jin Duobao’ commented: “Could it be that it fell in love with this feeling of being electrified?”
And ‘colorless moon’ added: “If you let it bite like this, sooner or later something big will happen. Short circuit and fire are not a joke.”
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