A parrot will announce one of the Buccaneers' NFL draft picks

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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are entrusting one of their Day 3 selections in this weekend's NFL draft to an unusual announcer: A parrot.

The team announced Monday that Zsa Zsa, a parrot from the Florida Exotic Bird Sanctuary, will reveal its fourth-round pick Saturday from aboard the pirate ship at Raymond James Stadium. The bird will be joined by caretaker Stephanie Dripps.

Patricia Norton, the founder and CEO of the sanctuary, told USA TODAY Sports in a text message that Zsa Zsa is an 8-year-old Catalina Macaw. She has lived at the Florida sanctuary for four years and will have a life span of "70 to 90 years," according to Norton.

"Her previous owner had to find a home for her, due to not having the time to spend with her," Norton wrote in the text message. "She found us and wanted only for Zsa Zsa to live the rest of her life with us, being able to 'just be a bird.'"

Zsa Zsa's announcement will be arguably the strangest draft-pick reveal in the NFL draft, which begins Thursday. But other NFL teams will also use out-of-the-box methods to announce their picks, from legendary former players and youth groups to iconic movie characters.

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The San Francisco 49ers will announce at least one of their Day 3 picks with Chewbacca, R2-D2 and Stormtroopers from the Star Wars movie franchise, according to the NFL. Meanwhile, the U.S. Olympic men's curling team will announce multiple selections for the Minnesota Vikings from a curling club in Minnesota.

Boomer Esiason (New York Jets), Jonathan Ogden (Baltimore Raves) and Thurman Thomas (Buffalo Bills) are among the notable NFL alumni who will be announcing picks for their former teams.

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