View
comments
A critically endangered Philippine eagle chick is bizarrely fed by a hand puppet at a conservation centre to help reduce human contact.
The seven-week-old eaglet, named Chick 29, is being cared for at the Philippine Eagle Center in Davao, Philippines and is being 'puppet reared' to help prepare it for the wild.
Footage, taken on January 17, showed the white-feathered chick being fed from a pair of large tweezers through the mouth of the odd-looking puppet.
A critically endangered Philippine eagle chick is bizarrely fed by a hand puppet at a conservation centre to help reduce human contact
The seven-week-old eaglet, named Chick 29, is being cared for at the Philippine Eagle Center in Davao, Philippines and is being 'puppet reared' to help prepare the young bird of prey for the wild
In the video, the eaglet can be seen taking small chunks of food from the conservationist under the disguise of the puppet - but the charity have said it is to prevent the chick 'getting used to human presence'.
The foundation wrote on their Facebook page: 'Chick 29
