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It's one of the world's most intelligent birds - whose curiosity - & taste for meat - led the New Zealand government to encourage their mass killing
With its intelligence and almost human sense of humour, the kea is a firm favourite in New Zealand, but its appetite and ...
Bruce the kea is missing his entire upper beak. Yet he is the alpha bird of his circus (the apt collective noun for a group of New Zealand's famously playful alpine parrots). As our latest research ...
When Bruce the kea was found in the mountains of New Zealand's South Island with the top of his beak missing, researchers were unsure if he would survive on his own. But in the 12 years since being ...
If you liked this story, share it with other people. For many birds, survival depends heavily on their beaks. Beaks are used for eating, hygiene and even fighting, so a broken or deformed beak can ...
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