Dancing and singing parrot- it's name is Snowball the Cockatoo.
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SCHERERVILLE, Ind. - Snowball the cockatoo can't get enough of the Backstreet Boys.3 S/ G# @! Q4 C% L
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The 11-year-old medium sulphur-crested cockatoo lifts his legs, squawks and bobs his head, flashing his bright yellow crest to the beat of the boy band's "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)." He even takes a bow with a vigorous bob of his head at the end of the 1997 pop tune.
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When Snowball was given to a bird rescue shelter a few months ago, the man included the CD and instructions to watch his reaction.
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' S; O/ P, O6 Q- |$ YIrena Schulz said she almost fainted at the sight.
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) s& f7 u1 j2 u# t"I'm thinking, 'What on earth is this? This is unreal,"' said Irena, who runs Bird Lovers Only Rescue with her husband, Chuck.+ Z6 r0 }7 b+ d& w4 b
+ m4 T- i: x @8 U2 UThe couple said they have been contacted by people from around the world who have watched Snowball on the video-sharing website YouTube.5 Y H2 Q4 l1 m7 `5 o
* k ~6 \2 [! m2 M. ?The northwestern Indiana couple have more than 30 birds in their home and many are available for adoption. "He makes a great spokesbird for the rescue," Chuck Schulz said.
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7 ~. K/ M. |" v- u" PSnowball has found his permanent home.
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"He's my baby," Irena Schulz said. "He will stay here and be loved." |