Roger
I saw the same behaviour at the Alice Springs Desert Park in 1997. We were told that the performing Black-breasted Buzzard was raised in captivity and had never seen emu eggs being broken, ie it is innate behaviour.
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David
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“Roger Giller”
I saw the same thing in the raptor display at the Alice Springs Desert Park
in 2007. I also was as impressed as Mike and mentioned it to several people
since then. It is also featured at Taronga Zoo according to the B-A archives. I have a vague recollection that some-one said it was a “circus trick” or similar, and not natural behaviour. I am now wondering if this was untrue given that the same behaviour is demonstrated at three widely separated institutions.
Roger Giller.
