A palm cockatoo named Huizai — Chinese for Grey Boy — has gotten a new lease on life, thanks to the wonders of technology.
The parrot who lives in a Nanjing zoo in Jiangsu, China, was on the verge of losing its beak (and respect from its peers) until he was fitted with a new beak on Apr. 17.
According to one of his keepers, Chen Wei, Huizai’s beak started showing cracks after a fight with another parrot, but those cracks got worse and most of it started to fall off.
Both Huizai’s confidence and appetite were affected by the loss. Read more…
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