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Topic Categories: Parrots • Pets • Streaming videos
Posted on: December 11, 2008 8:59 AM, by "GrrlScientist"
tags: budgerigar, pets, birds, documentary, streaming video
This is a video of a very strange budgerigar. Apparently the result of a mutation, the bird's plumage is extraordinarily downy and long, so much so that it is almost impossible to see the bird's face (downy feathers are due to a mutation that causes a condition known as "neotenty"; where an adult animal takes on juvenile characteristics) [0:53]
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Comments
Ahhh what a silly looking budgie! Good find, Grrl.
Posted by: Arikia | December 11, 2008 2:04 PM
Breeders call them 'dusters'. They don't usually live very long =(
Posted by: Carrie Burrows | December 11, 2008 2:59 PM