Heroic parrot defeats pet shop burglars

Make my day: Jack rests while police use DNA from ripped clothes to trace the gang (Pictures: SWNS)A gang of burglars who cased out a pet shop had hatched a simple plan – but they didn’t count on one maverick parrot.

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Sun conures in Boa vista

Sun conure in boa vista. Image by Ed Andrade Jr Although I have never seen much fact in the many accusations that have been made towards introduced city parrots, as a conservation biologist I do prefer threatened parrots to populate cities in their native ranges, where they are most appropriate. Today, trough our flickr pool, we discovered just such a threatened parrot: Sun Conures (Aratinga solstitialis) are colonizing the city of Boa vista in the state of Roraima, Brazil which is located in the conures natural range. 

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