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Reuters Life! by Chika Osaka

TOKYO - “Ten”, a six-year-old New World parrot, can solve a puzzle consisting of two entangled chains in less than 30 seconds.

It takes humans about an hour. Read on…

Jeremy Hance, mongabay.com

In a bizarre biological twist, a new study shows that the Hyacinth Macaw depends on its greatest predator, the Toco Toucan, for continued survival. Read on…

Medical News Today

Though they perch far apart on the avian family tree, birds with the ability to learn songs use similar brain structures to sing their tunes. Neurobiologists at Duke University Medical Center now have an explanation for this puzzling likeness. Read on…

icWales by Ben Glaze

Illigal traders could be behind a scam in which bird lovers are duped into buying fake parrots that die days later. Read on…

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Manchester Evening News by Deborah Haile

He nibbled it, he tossed it aside, he hung from the top of his cage and looked at it, and then… he ate it. Read on…

Scotsman By Marc Horne

PROZAC was certainly was not on Dr Doolittle’s list of remedies. But increasing numbers of pets are being given anti-depressants to help them cope with the strain of 21st century life, not least the tendency for many hard-working owners to leave animals on their own for hours.
Morose Macaws and stressed Spaniels are being prescribed mood-enhancing drugs to contain their distressed and anxious behaviour. Read on…

Salford Advertiser by Pamela Welsh

A parrot who likes to say ‘bloody hell’ will have more cause to be cheerful now that he’s being fitted with a prosthetic device for his missing leg to help him sleep.

The false leg will be fitted by University of Salford experts after George, an African grey parrot, lost his leg when he was attacked in his aviary by a wild animal 18 months ago.

The poorly parrot has been having trouble sleeping ever since as he had to balance on one leg all night.

As a result, his owner Sheila Weare contacted Dr Glyn Heath of the University’s School of Health Care Professions who runs Lacerta - a company that specialises in fitting prosthetics to animals. Read on…

Wildlife Extra

Back by popular demand, New Zealand’s rare endemic night parrot will be available for viewing by interested public in September-October in southern New Zealand.

Get your map, mark your calendar and dust off your intrepid adventuring cap. From September 8-October 22, 2008, you have a date on New Zealand’s Stewart Island with one of Earth’s most unusual and fabulous creatures. Read on…