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>> so they don't bring the termites in and play with them and let them run around our cells, feed them apples and let us. it's like the best companion i've ever had. >> a lot of the guys we ran into have probably never had anybody, you know, to love or anything or anybody to love them. and, you know, when you run into somebody who is, you know, adopted a gopher and it gives them some sort of outlet for affection, it's got to be a good thing. >> but we found a very different case of inmate creature bonding inside california's san quentin state prison. >> i'm mike miller. my real name. and the s...

Think i am the bird man of alcatraz. maybe i'm mistaken because he had a shaved head too. >> miller was serving an eight year sentence for burglary when he proudly showed us his cell. a virtual shrine to his winged friends. >> ever since i have been here the birds come up to me like they know me. you know i got them landing on my shoulders and my hands. and you know different kinds of birds. not just pigeons. but i got, you know different kind of black birds. finch and the red wing landing on me. i think -- the birds is a good way of -- of releasing a lot of tension and anger. before i got arr...

>> i'm the bird man of san quentin. >> mike miller is at san quentin for commercial burglary. he's got roughly eight months left to serve. >> i think the birds is a good way of releasing a lot of tension and anger. before i got arrested, my girlfriend used to chase the birds away. she didn't want me around them. and so, now i'm in here, i have a chance to mingle with the birds. and basically, that's about the only friends i've got are birds. you know, i can't trust anybody else. >> this is the mental health unit at san quentin's infirmary. the inmates who are housed here generally don't have t...

Two so the blazers go ahead and miss a couple of shots. but lamarcus aldridge finds a way to tie the game and send it into ot. he had 46 points, 18 rebounds. was in the extra period with james harden with the chance at the buzzer. but he comes up short. blazers take that game. we show you the heat hosting the bobcats. check out josh mcroberts. nasty dunk over the bird man. that was nasty. that was the bird man chris andersen. a healthy dwayne wade makes the heat the favorite to win it all. he knox down that three. miami takes the game there 91-88. the top seeded spurs outlast the mavs and the ...

And i don't know. they probably think i am the bird man of alcatraz. maybe i'm mistaken because he had a shaved head too. >> miller was serving an eight year sentence for burglary when he proudly showed us his cell. a virtual shrine to his winged friends. >> ever since i have been here the birds come up to me like they know me. you know i got them landing on my shoulders and my hands. and you know different kinds of birds. not just pigeons. but i got, you know different kind of black birds. finch and the red wing landing on me. i think -- the birds is a good way of -- of releasing a lot of ten...