Unlike most parrots, these five relished public obscenities, sparking staff to move them to separate zoo wings—just in case “Can animals influence each other’s behavior?” or “What happens when parrots swear?” needed a living demonstration. Nichols dryly warned, “If they teach the others bad language and I end up with 250 swearing birds, I don’t know what we’ll do,” conjuring visions of a future where the zoo’s aviary echoes with a symphony of cheeky heckles.

Having outgrown their burrowed bachelor pads, this penguin batch will be named after constellations—Ursa, Alcyone, Quasar—while the public votes on two. Recent trending queries, “how do penguin chicks learn to swim?” and “what do penguins feed their babies?” come to life as parents regurgitate protein-packed fish soup, an image that leaves even the International Union for Conservation of Nature awestruck with data sheets.

Following the 4AM spitting serenades and marathon video calls, neighbors escalate from headphone defense to full Zeppelin counteroffensives, with Reddit advising, “Would it disrupt his video calls if you played loud music on your balcony?” Trending searches—“How to record neighbor noise for landlord” and “Best way to get rid of annoying neighbors”—fuel a creative arms race, as squirrel-magnet bird feeders and Viking war cries threaten to turn the balcony into a wildlife rave.

While Sudo’s 33-dog triumph grabbed headlines, Barone’s fate became a trending search: why do hot dog eaters get sick on stage? What are the contest’s strict rules? Organizers refused to use the word “vomit,” comparing it to “saying Voldemort”—as if Coney Island’s boardwalk had a spell for dignity. Barone, age 24, did not comment.