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Old 15-12-2007, 08:30 PM
Putnamsmif Putnamsmif is offline
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Re: Odd Raven behaviour in the Lake District

This isn't strictly speaking British wildlife (well not at all really), but I was in New Zealand where they have a type of parrot that lives in the mountains called a Kea. I had walked up to see a glacier, and there where a few people stopped for lunch. The Keas would have no qualms about going through your bag and stealing any item of food. One chap lost his entire lunch when he turned his back for a second and a Kea picked up his carrier bag containing sandwiches, a packet of crisps and a piece of fruit and disappeared into the trees with the whole lot.
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