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04-07-2017, 01:55 PM
Burnt parrot show off new wings made of matches and superglue
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Who knew a crafter-**on could do this?*
After an endangered Carnaby’s cockatoo was seriously burnt after a powerline explosion, the little feathered dude was taken to Australia's Perth Zoo, where vet staff decided they'd need to get crafty.
The cockatoo had lost his wing feathers in the accident, so medical staff proceeded with "imping" — collecting the feathers of a deceased do**r bird and sticking them on the cockatoo with super glue and matchsticks.*
"It's much like getting a hair extension," said Peter Ricci, a zoo vet.*
"The trick is to get the right feather in the right place and the right angles before the glue dries so there's a little bit of tricky work to getting the features in place but it's **t rocket science overall." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/07/cockatoo-gets-new-crafty-wings/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Who knew a crafter-**on could do this?*
After an endangered Carnaby’s cockatoo was seriously burnt after a powerline explosion, the little feathered dude was taken to Australia's Perth Zoo, where vet staff decided they'd need to get crafty.
The cockatoo had lost his wing feathers in the accident, so medical staff proceeded with "imping" — collecting the feathers of a deceased do**r bird and sticking them on the cockatoo with super glue and matchsticks.*
"It's much like getting a hair extension," said Peter Ricci, a zoo vet.*
"The trick is to get the right feather in the right place and the right angles before the glue dries so there's a little bit of tricky work to getting the features in place but it's **t rocket science overall." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/07/cockatoo-gets-new-crafty-wings/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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