Cursing Parrots Separated At Zoo; Execs Hope Other Birds Don’t Learn Swear Words

England’s Lincolnshire Wildlife Park is catching global attention again, but this time, the parrots aren’t singing Beyonce and Lady Gaga. Instead, five parrots have been cursing at zoo guests, and they’ve had to be separated.

Park chief executive Steve Nichols said parrots look for reactions from humans. They got plenty of shocked looks and laughs as they swore at guests, which only encouraged them to chirp out more dirty words.

“When a parrot tells you to ‘f--- off’ it amuses people very highly,” Nichols told AP. “It’s brought a big smile to a really hard year.”

No visitors complained. In fact, many were entertained, but Nichols said the separation will probably help keep the zoo family-friendly.

"Some visitors found it funny but with kids visiting at weekends, we decided to move them,” Nichols told the BBC.

However, there is a risk of moving them. The five cursing parrots might not be the students in their new colonies. They may instead teach their new buddies their foul language.

“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.

The zoo acquired the African grey parrots, named Billy, Eric, Tyson, Jade and Elsie, in August.

Reports of the profane parrots come just weeks after Chico, a nine-year-old yellow-crowned Amazon parrot, went viral for singing Beyonce’s “If I Were A Boy” at the U.K. zoo. His previous owner taught him how to sing the Queen Bey classic along with other pop hits, including “Poker Face” by Lady Gaga, “Firework” by Katy Perry and “Crazy” by Gnarls Barkley.