Abnormally Normal: Walkabout with Hasira, Southern Ground Hornbill скачать в хорошем качестве

Abnormally Normal: Walkabout with Hasira, Southern Ground Hornbill

Join Hasira, #CMZoo's 18-year-old female Southern ground hornbill, for a walkabout in the sunshine with her keeper and primary trainer, Brooke. There are more than 50 species of hornbill, and the Southern ground hornbill is the largest of them all. Hornbills are named for their impressive beaks, topped with casques that serve two purposes: to amplify their calls and to support their skulls and beaks when they're using their beaks as tools. Those casques are so strong, a hornbill can even crack open the super-tough shell of a tortoise. Hasira loves to use her beak to shake and stun a rubber snake that her keepers give her so she can satisfy those natural instincts. Hornbills are impressive hunters, and hunt in groups of up to 12 individuals in the wild. They're omnivorous, but eat mostly insects, eggs, and small reptiles, mammals and birds. Although we're temporarily closed, we're permanently committed to keeping you connected to our mission, our animals, the natural world and each other. Life for the animals at the Zoo goes on, even in this abnormal time. Follow our Abnormally Normal series for more keeper talks, animal demonstrations and moments of #CMZooZen. #ClosedButStillCaring #AbnormallyNormalAtCMZoo