Beaky

Beaky is cockatiel that lives in a house in Locking, England. Helen, his owner, often allows her bird to fly around the house.

Now cockatiels are curious birds and Beaky likes to explore. One day he was investigating Helen’s computer. Curious about the CD-Rom button, he gave it a peck. The drawer shot out, knocking Beaky to the floor.

Sucked Up

Another time Helen was cleaning the house. Finding some dust that was difficult to reach, she took the brush off the vacuum cleaner hose. Beaky flew down to have a peck – and was sucked into the pipe.

Helen turned off the machine and called the fire brigade. The cockatiel was stuck half way down the pipe. How would they get him out?

‘We came up with a good rescue,’ a fire spokesman said. A firefighter ‘blew down the other end of the pipe.’

Beaky popped out of the pipe.