Brainy parrot is also BI-LINGUAL and can speak English and German By Claire Bates PUBLISHED: 06:40 EST, 12 December 2012 | UPDATED: 14:31 EST, 12 December 2012 A grandmother claims her parrot has saved her life after she developed a life-threatening illness that stops her breathing while asleep. Barbara Smith-Schafer, 62, says the bird wakes her up by frantically flapping his wings and gnawing her shoulder. Even more astonishingly, Dominic, a seven-year-old African Grey, is also bi-lingual, and can speak English and German, she says. Scroll down for video Not so bird-brained: Barbara with her loyal parrot Dominic, who flaps and gnaws her shoulder to wake her when she nods off
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Barbara Smith-Schafer, 62, has sleep apnoea, which causes her to stop breathing and can lead to heart attack and stroke
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If she nods off during the day, her parrot Dominic flaps and pecks to wake her up
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Brainy parrot is also BI-LINGUAL and can speak English and German
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