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An Aussie expat has spotted one of the country's most iconic birds being sold as a pet on the other side of the world.
A Reddit user posted a picture of a caged kookaburra in Long Island, New York on Sunday - sparking outrage from Australians.
The user who took the photo said he was shocked to come 'face-to-face with this dainty sheila'.
An Aussie expat has snapped a photo of a kookaburra for sale in a pet shop on Long Island, New York (pictured, the tiny cage home to the Aussie native bird)
'I lived in the States for a while. Always amazed me to see blue tongues and beardies going for hundreds when as a kid I used to just go outside and pick them up off the ground,' one user wrote.
'But this is on a different level. I can imagine a lizard might
