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Keepers use puppet to feed endangered magpie in Czech zoo

(17 Apr 2018) KEEPERS USE PUPPET TO FEED ENDANGERED MAGPIE IN CZECH ZOO 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 which hatched a month ago is being kept in a box and fed using a puppet that imitates a parent bird. Bird keeper Antonin Vaidl said the puppet is being used to ensure the bird will be capable of breeding, which it won't be if it gets used to people. Vaidl said the puppet doesn't have to be a perfect imitation of an adult bird because the baby responds to certain signals, such as a red beak, black patches around the eyes and a bright green background. The green magpies are one of the most endangered birds on earth. It's estimated there are less the last 50 living in the wild while another 50 are in captivity in a few zoos. Birds in general, and the rare green magpie in particular are popular pets in Java where it has its natural habitat, and elsewhere in Asia. Britain's Chester Zoo brought six pairs of them from Asia in 2015, and gave one of them to Prague Zoo and another one to a zoo in Jersey as part of a coordinated effort to save the species. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...