Meet Jack - the cheeky parrot that mocks its owner's ailing father - by mimicking his chronic cough.<br /><br />Rescue parrot Jack - hates men - including 28-year-old Lorna Webb's dad Scott, 66, who suffers from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).<br /><br />Former taxi driver Scott was diagnosed with COPD in 2008 and the damage to his lungs is irreversible.<br /><br />But that doesn't stop Jack, a female Congo African grey parrot, from copying Scott's constant coughing and spluttering.<br /><br />Jack began mimicking Scott when he lived with Lorna in Bedford, Bedfordshire, for ten years. <br /><br />Lorna and Jack moved out five years ago - but to this day, the parrot continues to mimic Scott's cough.<br /><br />She said: "It's strange to think that long after my dad has passed, his coughs will still be echoing around in my flat."<br /><br />Lorna, who works full-time in online customer service, says that despite the seriousness of her dad's condition, the family maintain a dark sense of humour.<br /><br />Scott manages his COPD with inhalers, steroids, home oxygen and nebulisers.<br /><br />Footage shows Scott flipping the bird at Jack - in jest - after seeing a video of her relentless mimicry.<br /><br />Lorna added: "We tend to have a dark sense of humour, and we find Jack's mocking of my dad very funny.<br /><br />"That type of gallows humour certainly isn't for everyone, but we all had a really good laugh.<br /><br />"It's funnier because Jack really dislikes my dad, so it's like she is mocking him dying."<br /><br />Jack has a dislike for men and makes this known with her behaviour around blokes.<br /><br />Lorna said: "Like many African greys, Jack has a very strong gender preference towards women, so she hates men, without exception.<br /><br />"When Jack and I lived with my dad, she would sneak across the floor silently and attack the back of his ankles.<br /><br />"Or she'd fly down and bite the back of his neck. He has always been terrified of her."<br /><br />Despite the persistent mickey taking, Scott loves Jack, but at the same time is terrified of her.<br /><br />Lorna added: "My Dad loves Jack - in fact, he helped me drive up and down the country when jack was poorly during the pandemic, and all of our local exotic vets were on furlough.<br /><br />"However, he is absolutely terrified of her and with good reason. If a man enters Jack's space, she will go out of her way to bite him."
