US EditionPrague zookeepers turn to puppets to parent baby vultures
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Arizona Daily Sun
Prague zookeepers turn to puppets to parent baby vultures
PRAGUE — Zookeepers feeding two baby vultures in Prague are using a hand puppet designed to look like the chicks' parents, a technique they hope will ensure the birds learn to identify with other vultures — not humans.
The staff of the Prague Zoo use a hand doll that simulates an adult griff to feed two small yellowhead fries. This technique allows the chicks to identify themselves with their species rather than with people, which is important for their future breeding and socialization, Reuters report. The reason for this approach is the refusal of the parents to nest. As explained by the curator of the Bird Development Department of Prague Zoo, Antonin Weidl…
Keepers at Prague Zoo feed two baby vultures using a hand puppet made to look like their parents, a technique that hopes
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