London parrot does online shopping by mimicking owner

A pet parrot managed to place an online shopping order by mimicking its owner on a voice-controlled smart speaker, a British newspaper reported. - AFP/file

London (AFP) - A pet parrot managed to place an online shopping order by mimicking its owner on a voice-controlled smart speaker, a British newspaper reported Wednesday.

Buddy the parrot ordered a £10 ($13.50, 11.50 euro) set of gift boxes via Amazon's Alexa voice-controlled system, The Sun reported.