Blame Humphrey Bogart

London has an invasive species: Green parakeets.

Parakeets may have escaped from the set of The African QueenCREDIT: ALAMY

The rumor is that they are all descended from the parakeets left lose after they filmed the African Queen.

And now, the UK Telegraph suggests that might be true.

related item: The Brooklyn Monk parakeets.



So when your child's parakeet escapes, you can comfort them and say they won't die outside, they just wanted to be free.