This item was exactly what we needed to complete my teen son's duct tape pirate costume.  Yes, I said duct tape.  We searched high and low and could not find any "cheap" parrot that we didn't mind covering in duct tape.  Voila, Amazon to the rescue.  However, let me say that this would be a perfect costume accompaniment to a normal pirate costume.  It has ties that fit and would hold well over various size shoulders.  It is very colorful and as my daughter says, the eyes are eerily real looking.  We did cover ours in duct tape, but it did not find it's way into the trash can after the duct tape event.  It is now a room fixture.  I would purchase another one if I ever had a reason to.