If RIO and FINDING NEMO have taught us anything, it’s that lost animals can find their way home.
Yesterday, a rebel peacock flew out of New York’s Central Park Zoo to hang out on the window ledge of an expensive condo some distance away. Zoo officials tweeted and searched to try and find the pretty bird, but somehow they had an instinct it would know how to return on its own. Sure enough, the peacock found its way home only a day later.
In other bird news, the Toledo Zoo has hatched a rare Kori Bustard chick! The Africa-native birds aren’t technically on the endangered species, but their population has declined due to habitat loss, low reproduction rates and illegal hunting. According to a Zoologist in Washington, DC, less than five of these birds have hatched at zoos across the US this year.
Fun facts about the Kori Bustard:
– It’s possibly the heaviest bird that’s able to fly, with the average male weighing in at about 12.4kg (about the same weight as 100 copies of The Mag)
– They typically live with Bee-eaters living on their back
– “Bustard” rhymes with “Mustard”
– They’re one of the few birds who drink water, and the slurp it up rather than cup it in their beak (like most birds)