Ted Richards (no relation to Mark Richards) is 57-years-old and still can't get over being teased in school about his large ears. Ted always wore his hair long an now has taken the disguise ever further. He has over 1,000 tattoos, 50 piercings, and in an act of self mutilation, he has removed his ears!

Why? He is so obsessed with his pet parrots; Timneh, Ellie, Teaka, Jake and Bubi that he’s had his face tattooed with their colorful feathers, and he has had his ears removed to look similar to them. I'm all for loving your pets..but...Yikes!

[nollygrio]

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