First, some facts. While awesome, wolves share their ancestry with your best ball-chasing, kibble-eating friend, Canis lupus familiaris. And yes, they're apex predators and all (yawn), but let's face it: times have changed. New World Order and all that. Move on. The parrots have.

A quick look at parrot lineage leads in a straight, million year line back to the epitome of the apex predator - Tyrannosaurus Rex - but what have they been doing in the interveneing millennia?

Plotting, that's what. Also growing and preening lovely plumage, developing an appreciation for delicious peanuts, and learning to TALK.

Are you looking to leash the power of Lassie's cousin, or do you want to turbocharge your life by tapping into the evolved power of parrot?

Buy this mug. Drink from it, and feel the unbridled eons of potential course into every fibre of your being. The world will crack open before you like a tasty walnut.