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Polly just asked for a cracker, not all this.
Ted Richards, a 56-year-old retired shoe factory worker from Bristol, has had a surgeon cut off his ears in order to look like his pet parrots. And this comes after having his face and eyes tattooed as well.
Ted, who has five parrots, is also the proud owner of 110 tattoos, 50 piercings, and a split tongue for good measure, too.
“I am so happy it’s unreal, I can’t stop looking in the mirror. I’ve done it because I want to look like my parrots as much as possible,” an excited Ted explains. “I’ve had my hair long for so many years my ears have been covered up. I have to admit I did used to get teased at school about my ears but that not the reason I’ve had it done.”
“The kids are running up to me and asking to see gory photos – they just love it.”
Now that he has gone this far Ted isn’t stopping; Ted is already looking for a surgeon to turn his nose into a beak.
Ted isn’t saying who did the controversial surgery, but he is saying that his transformation is a tribute to his “babies” – Ellie and Teaka, two of his parrots.
Ted had two pins inserted into each side of his head to hold up his glasses, so that’s convenient.
Not everyone is happy about Ted’s transformation, especially plastic surgeon Marco Pacifico, saying “I am absolutely horrified to learn that someone has voluntarily put themselves forward for this to be done and possibly more so that he found somebody to actually carry it out.The sad truth of life though is that if you want something badly enough you will eventually find someone willing to do it.”
“I love the fact that I’m unique and I have always wanted to be different,” Ted says.
Well, as long as he’s happy.
No word yet if Toucan Sam is out of a job.
Watch Ted talk more about his transformation in the video below:
Via Telegraph
