The cockatoo star by Claudia Sonea

Youtube is famous for the most weird and divers video that the world has ever seen. Also some people or better said animals become real celebrities after appearing in one of the videos posted on the video-sharing site. You never know what might pop-up from the funny moment you tapped and then released it online. The latest star is an 11-year-old medium sulfur-crested cockatoo called Snowball. What do you think makes this bird to be special from all the other birds? Well, nothing else than the miracle of rocking on a 1997 song of the Backstreet Boys, Everybody. After lifting his legs, squawking, bobbing his head, flashing his bright yellow crest to the beat, the bird takes a bow with a vigorous bob of his head. "Inside Edition" and "The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet" were forced to feature Snowball's move due to the high demand of people of all over the world that have seen the cockatoo on Youtube or anywhere else. Everything started a few months ago when the cockatoo was given to the Bird Lovers Only Rescue shelter owned by Irena and Chuck Schulz. The donator sent also a CD with the instructions to see the bird's reactions while listening to it. Despite the fact that the couple takes care of more than 30 birds, only Snowball has succeeded to make a difference and get in the center of people's attention. Therefore, all the other birds can be adopted except him, who Irene says is now her baby. All in all, it's good to be Snowball.

related story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071017/ap_on_fe_st/odd_dancing_cockatoo;_ylt=AgWtzkD_vEwXDb7KVCXAWXms0NUE

by Claudia Sonea for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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