After wearing his hair long for many years because he felt self-conscious about his big ears, British man Ted Richards underwent a six-hour operation to have his them removed. But that’s not the only reason he got them removed. “I’ve done it because I want to look like my parrots as much as possible,” he says.
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The 56-year-old retired shoe factory worker from Hartcliffe, Bristol, is passionate about extreme body art. He sports 110 tattoos, 50 piercings, a hot iron branded peace sign on his shoulder, and even has a split tongue. The tattoos on his face are like birds’ feathers, and he’s got two magnetic horn implants on his forehead. His eyeballs are tattooed too, and with the ears removed, he feels he’s getting closer and closer to resembling his parrots – Ellie, Teaka, Timneh, Jake, and Bubi.
“I think it looks really great,” he said. “I love it. It’s the best thing that has happened to me. I’m so happy, it’s unreal, I can’t stop looking in the mirror.”
“I love the fact that I’m unique and I have always wanted to be different,” Richards says. “There’s no doubt that when they made me they broke the mould. I went to the supermarket the other day and when I went in I said ‘blimey it’s so windy out there it blew my ears off’ and everybody had a chuckle.”
To keep his glasses in place, he sensibly had small metal pins added to the side of his head.
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