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Fw: Sulphur crested cockatoo

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Subject: Fw: Sulphur crested cockatoo
From: Duncan McCaskill <>
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2013 16:39:35 +1000
Cockatoos certainly get excited and aggressive to all sorts of things. Goannas are a nest predator so that makes sense. Many birds attack all kinds of predators at all times, such as raptors and snakes and things that look like snakes - I've seen birds attack a turtle that looked a bit snake like when it stuck its neck out.

Why they attack koalas is more of a mystery:

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Duncan.


On 8 April 2013 14:33, Kevin and Gwenyth Bray <> wrote:
 
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