A kookaburra is undergoing personal training after growing too fat to fly because it ate too many sausages.
The native Australian bird got into trouble with its weight when residents at a Sydney park began feeding her meat from the barbecues.
The porky kookaburra was nearly 40 per cent heavier than a normal adult bird, rendering it so unfit that it couldn’t fly.
“Out in the wild, the bird eats a whole small animal such as a mouse or skink (lizard), but butcher’s sausages are just too much of a good thing,” said Gemma Watkinson, Sydney’s Taronga Zoo wildlife hospital nurse.
A Sydney resident brought the bird to the zoo after spotting dogs chasing it along the ground.
Following a rigorous exercise regime up to three times a day with a personal trainer, the kookaburra is winning the battle, but still has a little more weight to shed before it can be returned to its native habitat.
“We’ve fitted the temporary home out like a bird gym,” said Gemma Watkinson.
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
