After his parrot Polynesia taught him the languages of the animals, he became a doctor for animals
He is portrayed by Rex Harrison in the 1967 film Doctor Dolittle, 
and by... [DOC] [TLE] Chapter 2: Animal Language | The Story of Doctor Dolittle | Hugh ... [PAR] The parrot, Polynesia, was sitting in the window looking out at the rain and 
singing a ... After a while, with the parrot's help, the Doctor got to learn the 
language of the ... was going to become an animaldoctor, old ladies began to 
bring him their pet ...