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    The Surprising Truth About Pirates and Parrots - Atlas …

    What do Pirates say about parrots?
    Pop culture has assigned many popular phrases to the parrots that pirates kept. In Treasure Island, Long John Silver’s parrot would often scream: Pieces-of-eight. Stand by to go about. These are phrases typical of pirates. In Pirates of the Caribbean, one character named Cotton has a parrot who talks on his behalf.
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    Why Are Parrots Associated with Pirates? (Facts vs. …

    Keeping a pet on a ship would have been difficult for sailors and pirates alike. There are no historical accounts of pirates owning parrots as pets. If a ship had a pet, it was likely used for pest control, so the most common pets on ships were cats. Nonetheless, there were advantages if a pirate decided to keep a parrot:

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    Most pirates only sought parrots as exotic goods to trade and wouldn’t have kept parrots for themselves. After all, they could sell parrots for a significant price tag. During the 18th and 19th centuries, there was a massive demand in the Western world for parrots, especially in Europe. Parrots are colorful, talking birds from Central and South Ame...

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    Most pirates didn’t keep parrots on their shoulders, as the stereotype would have us believe. This trope comes from the antagonist in Treasure Island, Long John Silver. He famously kept his parrot Cap’n Flint on his shoulder. The pirate stereotype bloomed from fiction rather than being influenced by fact. It’s possible that real pirates walked arou...

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    Many ships were full of parrots that cost about $5 each, equivalent to about $320 today. Ship captains and higher-ranking pirates could easily afford this outlay. After buying the parrot for about $5, other expenses would be to maintain the parrot, such as food. The pirate would also need to care for the parrot while juggling other responsibilities...

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    Pirates would’ve had access to parrots taken from merchant ships. The most expensive type of parrot back then was the macaw, and pirates would have favored them. Pirates may have caught these macaws in their native habitats in South and Central America and the Caribbean. Realistically, pirates would take what they found. In fiction, the breed of pa...

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