We parrots occasionally have our squabbles. The occasional nip has been known to occur, or in particularly bad cases, even the extraction of a prized feather(!) But that’s usually as far as it goes. On the whole, we’re quite a sociable bunch. In the human world, squabbles and disagreements tend to be a lot worse. And that’s because humans have invented things such as guns and bombs and missiles and huge walls, meaning that any disagreement can get totally out of hand. Jesus n

Hello again everybody! I’m a bit bleary-eyed today as it’s been a little while since I had a good night’s sleep. ‘And why is that’ I hear you ask? Well, I’m afraid that it’s Lucy, the elderly labrador, who shares this kitchen with me. Because in recent weeks, Lucy has started to wake up in the middle of the night. And because she’s old, and quite needy, she starts to bark until one of the humans in the house gets out of bed to attend to her. It’s not that she needs to go out,