DAVID GREENE, HOST:
Good morning. I'm David Greene with a confession. I've had conversations with my pets. You know, growing up, I'd tell my dog how school was. I've talked to fish. So it doesn't surprise me that German police who were called to resolve a loud domestic dispute found a guy yelling not at a person, but at a parrot. The man said he was annoyed at the bird. I'm going to stick up for the parrot here and say you should never take out your frustration on an animal. Police say they left only because no one was harmed. You're listening to MORNING EDITION. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.