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Published: 2018-03-08 17:00:08 +0000 UTC; Views: 316; Favourites: 42; Downloads: 8
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When: April 13, 2017Where: De Beekse Bergen Hilvarenbeek, The Netherlands
These Speckled Mousebirds are always awesome to watch - they have these fluffy bodies, long graceful tail, and punk-style crest. Their name doesn't hurt either: "MOUSEbird", which is awesome when you love Mice
The fact that they always seem to be doing something funny, makes it worth your time to follow them around with your camera.
Species: Speckled Mousebird (Bruine muisvogel)
Latin name: Colius Striatus
Originates from Africa.
Current status: Least Concern
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Comments: 8
But it's such adorable mooning 
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Thank you! I love these mousebirds, they're so much fun to watch, always doing something fun and unexpectedly weird
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Never seen anything like them. I am going to look them up
if I could remember their name on YouTube.
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Again, a bird that I have in my own garden a lot! They even give me a bit of frustration because they insist on eating the leaves off one of the kinds of nice succulent plants I'm growing. But I let them! They're great, a friend of mine once raised a chick and it grew up very loving and lovable. I like how acrobatic this one is looking in the photo ... its legs almost look like they're arms and it's doing chin-ups!
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Haha, yes they're really awesome!
Every time I see them, no matter at which zoo, they always seem to be doing something weird - or at least, something that puts them in a weird position. This one tops it, though, with those chin-ups
Oh wow, I didn't know there are birds that eat succulents, though admittedly, it makes sense. It also explains why in one zoo, there were quite some succulents in their habitat.
Raising a bird like this... amazing! And for the little one to turn out loving, even better! I've heard that birds especially have a good memory and even if they're released back in the wild, they can remember where they once lived, and the people who cared for them
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