The Coffee Strealing Parrot and Farewell to Gramma, the 141 year old tortoise

Police in South Korea were called to a coffee shop to handle a friendly, coffee-stealing parrot, which is an endangered species not legal to own without a permit. In another story, Kathy Leslie's Sugar High Bakery and Cafe served hot Thanksgiving meals to over 700 families in need. Additionally, the rise in turkey adoptions for Thanksgiving is highlighted, with Gus the turkey finding sanctuary at Love Arms shelter. Mexico's redesigned 50 peso note, featuring the critically acclaimed 'goda' amphibian, led to an unexpected note-hoarding trend. Lastly, the episode pays tribute to 'Grandma,' a giant tortoise that lived to an impressive age of 141 at the San Diego Zoo, surviving through 20 U.S. presidencies.

00:00 Introduction and Overview
00:11 The Coffee-Stealing Parrot
00:50 Thanksgiving Generosity
01:30 Turkey Adoption Movement
02:03 Mexico's Redesigned 50 Peso Note
02:42 Farewell to Grandma Tortoise


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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:03):
Callaroga Shark Media. Hi there, I'm Johnny Mack with five
good news stories. In South Korea, police were called into
the coffee cafe. You know why. It was a loose parrot.
That's right. The Korean Animal Rescue and Management Association said
police were called to the coffee shop. Not only was

(00:23):
the parrot loose, it was stealing coffee from customers. See,
that's the real issue. The parrot reported to be friendly.
It was fed snacks by the cafe's owner and allowed
customers to pettit while they waited for the police to
show up. It is believed the parrot is a yellow
crowned Amazon parrot native to Central America and it made
its way to Korea. That's interesting. The species is endangered

(00:44):
and not legal to be kept as a pet in
South Korea without special permits. Keep an eye on the
coffee stealing parrot. I have some Thanksgiving leftovers for you.
Nice job by Kathy Leslie. She owns Leslie's Sugar High
Bakery and Cafe. They cooked up hot holiday meals for
over seven hundred families, she told News Channel five Nashville. Listen,

(01:04):
this is the truth. People are hurting. They're hurting financially,
they don't have food. They're hurting mentally, so we just
need to do the best that we can to be kind,
loving and generous to somebody. That's called sugar Baby. Sugar
High's annual Thanksgiving cookout began at twenty seventeen with the
help of Princess Hot Chicken and the Housing Fund. Leslie
estimates they've served around one thousand free meals. One of

(01:25):
the volunteers said, we're showing them we care and showing
them they're part of a great community. Nice job by
those folks. Gus the turkey made it through Thanksgiving. That's
good news for him. Gus is one of a growing
number of turkeys that are being adopted instead of being
covered in grievy. An increasing number of farm animal sanctuaries
across the country have started promoting turkey adoption At Love

(01:47):
and Arms. A twenty five dollars donation comes with a certificate, photo,
and either a virtual or in person visit. That's what
you'll find Gus or if you're in Denver. Love in
Arms is about forty miles north of Denver. The funds
he'll pay for the turkey outdoor pasture area, along with
feeding and rescuing more turkeys. Mexico recently resigned it's fifty
payso note. Why well, people are hoarding them. You see,

(02:09):
they redesigned it and they have a picture of Gorda.
Gorda was an amphibian of sorts that lived at a
Mexico city museum. The note was so well done it
won Note of the Year at the International Banknote Society.
Some first edition banknotes are now trading at one hundred times.
They're roughly three dollars value. A particular salamander never loses
its gills and remains aquatic its whole life. A report

(02:32):
from the Mexican government says some one hundred and fifty
million dollars worth of fifty paso notes are now out
of circulation because people really just like looking at the Gorda.
And this next story is not really good news at all,
but let's consider it a celebration. Grandma the tortoise has
passed away at age one hundred and forty one. Grandma
lived in the San Diego Zoo and lived through twenty presidencies.

(02:55):
Born on the Galapagos Islands on November fifteenth, eighteen eighty four,
living under a rock, her first few years. In the
nineteen twenties and thirties, conservationists came to the Galopagos to
save the species. During an expedition in either nineteen twenty
eight or nineteen thirty one, it's unclear, Grandma made her
way to the Bronx and eventually to San Diego. Grandma

(03:17):
was born during Chester A. Arthur's presidency. She saw twenty
presidents turn sixty during World War Two. Scientists say in
the wild, every ten thousandth giant tortoise lives to be
two hundred years old. In captivity, tortoises don't have to
worry about predators, and they eat pretty well. One of
the experts say they're essentially a horse with a shell.
They eat grass and leafy greens. Grandma the tortoise was

(03:39):
one hundred and forty one years old. Those are your
stories for today. Have a great day.