Prague zookeepers use puppet to raise endangered magpie
PRAGUE (AP) " Zookeepers in Prague have turned into puppeteers in an effort to save the critically endangered Javan green magpie.Zoo officials saved one precious egg after the parents threw a second egg out of their nest. The magpie chick that hatched a month ago is being kept in a box and is being fed using a puppet that imitates a parent bird.Bird keeper Antonin Vaidl said the puppet is needed to make sure the bird will be capable of breeding, which it won't be if it gets [...]
EmoticonEmoticon