Dancing and singing parrot- it's name is Snowball the Cockatoo.

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! ?2 w, g  ~: ^) X0 {6 W7 HSCHERERVILLE, Ind. - Snowball the cockatoo can't get enough of the Backstreet Boys.6 J1 b+ E# X& X3 `5 S' v2 y
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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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" ~" z0 [; l% fWhen 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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Irena Schulz said she almost fainted at the sight.8 z" P8 P; f4 D5 O; @+ y

4 N4 J+ Y5 W7 q' h# i  \2 @% c"I'm thinking, 'What on earth is this? This is unreal,"' said Irena, who runs Bird Lovers Only Rescue with her husband, Chuck.
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The couple said they have been contacted by people from around the world who have watched Snowball on the video-sharing website YouTube., b4 _6 ]& V7 f6 G% H  M7 `; X, P

# e; r8 }" \1 B5 u6 X  hThe 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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Snowball has found his permanent home.
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"He's my baby," Irena Schulz said. "He will stay here and be loved."