A 50-year-old Thai national was arrested at the airport in Johannesburg for allegedly attempting to smuggle 50 believed-to-be endangered parrot eggs in a "homemade incubator bag" carried as hand luggage, according to South Africa's Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment. Some of those eggs have now successfully hatched.
The kea gained fame for learning to use a pebble to groom himself. Scientists were astounded by his next innovation.
An Iowa man invented a submarine for his parrot so that he didn't have to leave the bird alone during a trip to the Bahamas.
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Steven Lawyer invented a miniature submarine for his pet parrot, Bebe.
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“He enjoyed it,” said the owner of Bebe the parrot, who has also come along for skydiving, skiing and 500-mile bike rides.
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