Macaws are beautiful, rich in color, although China strictly prohibits breeding, but still can not stop the bird lovers of their fanatical pursuit, today Xiaobian examples of macaw five little-known characteristics, let's take a look at it.
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Macaws are the largest parrots
There are more than 370 different types of parrots worldwide, of which macaws are the largest. Macaws are usually around 1.5 kg, which is quite a large body. Not to mention the largest macaw, the purple-blue macaw, measured to be 95-100 cm long, the mouth can reach 7 cm long, and the wingspan is more than 1 and a half meters, you can refer to the following articles are often mistaken for extinct species of blue purple macaw, not the prototype of the Rio Adventure. However, there are some "special cases", the smallest of which is the macaw, affectionately known as the mini macaw, sometimes growing to only 12 inches in length, about the size of a medium-sized parrot.
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Long lifespan
With reasonable care, some macaws, such as the blue-gold macaw, live an average of 60 years, while others are recorded to live up to 80 years or more. Among them, the palm cockatoo can live to be 100 years old and above, and referring to the dark meow monster in the rainforest, the palm cockatoo has more strange habits than it looks
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Hybrid reproduction colors are unexpected
You may have heard of the rainbow macaw, which is a hybrid breed of blue-yellow macaw and red-gold parrot, although the macaws we usually see are more common colors, but the strains bred by macaws through artificial hybridization are no less than the common tiger skin parrots. However, there are still many people who oppose the breeding of macaws in this way, because it is not in accordance with the laws of nature.
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The macaw is powerful enough to open the coconut shell
Both macadamia nuts and coconut shells are a thing to say, but then again, despite their impressive power, macaws are known as "gentle giants" because they don't hurt their human friends most of the time.
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The emotional life is rich
Experiments have shown that large parrots have a richer social life in the wild, so they also need to play and interact frequently at home, saying that they are children who do not grow up and love to play naturally is not too much, if you have a macaw it is best to play with it every day, otherwise they are easy to get bored.