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China: Goose Appears to Feed Fish at Guangdong Hotel Lake

On October 27, 2025, in Guangdong, a fluffy young goose stood by a hotel lake, dipping its beak repeatedly into the water. Several small fish gathered around it, seemingly expecting food. At first glance, it appeared the goose was feeding the fish, but in fact, it was simply moistening its dry beak while eating.

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China: Two Ducks Give Puppy Beak “Massage” in Zhanjiang, Guangdong

On October 8, 2025, in Zhanjiang, Guangdong, a video captured two black ducks gently pecking a small yellow puppy’s fur and ears. The puppy stayed calm, seeming to enjoy the “massage.” The lighthearted scene quickly went viral, with viewers joking that the ducks were giving the happiest spa treatment ever.

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China: Parrot Pranks Companion by Toppling Perch in Zhejiang

On September 29, 2025, in Zhejiang, a pet owner captured a humorous moment between two parrots. The blue parrot’s perch was slightly unstable, with one end hanging over the edge of the stand. Without warning, the yellow parrot leaned down and used its beak to bite off the hook holding the blue parrot’s perch.

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China: Live Baby Rabbits Rescued From Pelican’s Throat at Zoo

On May 28, 2025, at a local zoo in Yibin, Sichuan province, southwestern China, two staff members were filmed restraining a white pelican. After prying open its beak, they pulled out four to five newborn rabbits. Fortunately, the rabbits were still alive.

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Grey Hornbill Bird - India

An Indian Grey Hornbill holds an insect in its beak while perched on a tree branch in Siliguri, India on August 26, 2025. Photo by Diptendu Dutta/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Livia domestica

22.08.2024, Tartu. Bird with straw in its beak. Photo Margus Ansu, Tartu Postimees

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Livia domestica

22.08.2024, Tartu. Bird with straw in its beak. Photo Margus Ansu, Tartu Postimees

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Livia domestica

22.08.2024, Tartu. Bird with straw in its beak. Photo Margus Ansu, Tartu Postimees

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Presentation of play based on Aristophanes The Birds in Lviv

LVIV, UKRAINE - APRIL 5, 2024 - An actress with a headpiece which looks like a birds head performs in The Birds play based on the eponymous work of Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes at the Lesya Ukrainka Lviv Academic Drama Theatre, Lviv, western Ukraine.

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Presentation of play based on Aristophanes The Birds in Lviv

LVIV, UKRAINE - APRIL 5, 2024 - An actor with a headpiece which looks like a birds head performs in The Birds play based on the eponymous work of Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes at the Lesya Ukrainka Lviv Academic Drama Theatre, Lviv, western Ukraine.

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Presentation of play based on Aristophanes The Birds in Lviv

LVIV, UKRAINE - APRIL 5, 2024 - An actor with a headpiece which looks like a birds head performs in The Birds play based on the eponymous work of Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes at the Lesya Ukrainka Lviv Academic Drama Theatre, Lviv, western Ukraine.

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Kharkiv Zoo

KHARKIV, UKRAINE - APRIL 3, 2024 - A heron holds a stick in its beak at the Kharkiv Zoo, Kharkiv, northeastern Ukraine.

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CHINA-ORIENTAL WHITE STORKS-RELEASE INTO WILD (CN)

(240109) -- SHENYANG, Jan. 9, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A staff member measures the beak length of an oriental white stork at Shenyang Raptor Rescue Center in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Jan. 5, 2024. Three oriental white storks were stranded in Shenyang during their migration due to injuries and food poisoning November, 2023. They were later rescued and sent for treatment at Shenyang Raptor Rescue Center. The three birds, when cured, were not released immediately into the wild in Shenyang due to the cold weather there. They were instead transferred to east China's Jiangxi and released at Poyang Lake Wetland Park, one of their natural habitats. The oriental white stork, a migratory bird under first-class state protection, has been listed as "endangered" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. (Xinhua/Yang Qing)

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Northern carmine bee-eater at Kobe zoo

A northern carmine bee-eater opens its beak at Kobe Animal Kingdom in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on July 26, 2023.

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Rare oriental white stork gets beak transplant in NE China

STORY: Rare oriental white stork gets beak transplant in NE China DATELINE: Aug. 31, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:58 LOCATION: HARBIN, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the injured oriental white stork under medical treatment 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZHU BAOGUANG, Staff member of Honghe National Nature Reserve 3. various of the oriental white stork being sent to the wild STORYLINE: An injured oriental white stork with a broken beak was brought to the Honghe National Nature Reserve in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province for surgery recently. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZHU BAOGUANG, Staff member of Honghe National Nature Reserve "To rescue this oriental stork, we considered multiple options, and the best one was to provide it with an artificial beak as soon as possible. Thus, we reached out to a company specializing in simulated specimens and customized a lifelike beak for it. Without a lower beak, it couldn't peck food properly, making it unable to survive in the wild." The bird was sent back to the

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Roseate spoonbill at Kobe zoo

A roseate spoonbill, with distinctive pink coloring and a wide, flat beak, dips its beak in water to find fish at Kobe Animal Kingdom in the western Japan city of Kobe on July 25, 2023.

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Roseate spoonbill at Kobe zoo

A roseate spoonbill, with distinctive pink coloring and a wide, flat beak, preens its feathers at Kobe Animal Kingdom in the western Japan city of Kobe on July 25, 2023.

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Breeding Intelligence

HAI'AN, CHINA - MAY 30, 2023 - A worker breaks a chick's beak with infrared light on an intelligent production line at a breeding base in Hai 'an city, Jiangsu province, China, May 30, 2023.

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Breeding Intelligence

HAI'AN, CHINA - MAY 30, 2023 - A worker breaks a chick's beak with infrared light on an intelligent production line at a breeding base in Hai 'an city, Jiangsu province, China, May 30, 2023.

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Breeding Intelligence

HAI'AN, CHINA - MAY 30, 2023 - A worker breaks a chick's beak with infrared light on an intelligent production line at a breeding base in Hai 'an city, Jiangsu province, China, May 30, 2023.

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Breeding Intelligence

HAI'AN, CHINA - MAY 30, 2023 - A worker breaks a chick's beak with infrared light on an intelligent production line at a breeding base in Hai 'an city, Jiangsu province, China, May 30, 2023.

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Breeding Intelligence

HAI'AN, CHINA - MAY 30, 2023 - A worker breaks a chick's beak with infrared light on an intelligent production line at a breeding base in Hai 'an city, Jiangsu province, China, May 30, 2023.

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Protecting crested ibises in China's Qinling Mountains

STORY: Protecting crested ibises in China's Qinling Mountains DATELINE: May 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:21 LOCATION: XI'AN, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Qinling Mountains 2. various of crested ibises and the nature reserve 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): GAO JIE, Engineer, Shaanxi Hanzhong Crested Ibis National Nature Reserve 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): NIU KESHENG, Head of management bureau, Shaanxi Hanzhong Crested Ibis National Nature Reserve STORYLINE: The crested ibis, with its iconic red crest and long black beak, was thought to be extinct in China until seven wild birds appeared in Yangxian County, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, in 1981. Over the years, Chinese scientists have successfully revived this tiny population to nearly 10,000. Listed as one of the state-level nature reserves, Shaanxi Hanzhong Crested Ibis National Nature Reserve is located in the Qinling Mountains, which is known as China's "gene bank" of wildlife. With the dedication of wildlife conservation workers t

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Endangered black-faced spoonbills spotted in China's Guangxi

STORY: Endangered black-faced spoonbills spotted in China's Guangxi DATELINE: March 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:24 LOCATION: FANGCHENGGANG, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the black-faced spoonbills STORYLINE: Black-faced spoonbills, one of the rarest birds in the world, were spotted in the port city of Fangchenggang in China's Guangxi. The large white wading bird has a distinctively-shaped beak, which resembles a spoon. It is one of the most endangered birds in the world, due to its limited distribution area and extremely rare population. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Fangchenggang, China. (XHTV)

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Urban Animal Album

OSAKA, Japan - A crow takes wing in a quiet residential area of Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on March 15, 2014, holding a wire hanger in its beak to make a nest on a power pole.

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Global population of crested ibises exceeds 9,000

STORY: Global population of crested ibises exceeds 9,000 DATELINE: Dec. 7, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:05 LOCATION: XI'AN, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of crested ibises STORYLINE: The global population of crested ibises, a rare bird species, has increased from seven in 1981 to more than 9,000 at present. This is according to the forestry authorities of northwest China's Shaanxi Province. Official figures show the species' habitat area has expanded from under 5 square kilometers to about 16,000 square kilometers. The crested ibis, with its iconic red crest and long black beak, was in the past widely distributed across East Asia and Russia's Siberia. It was thought to be extinct in China until seven wild birds were observed in Yangxian County, Shaanxi, in 1981, a discovery that prompted captive breeding and enhanced the protection of the species. Currently, about 7,000 crested ibises live in Shaanxi. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Xi'an, China. (XHTV)

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Football: Psychic parrot Olivia

Psychic Parrot Olivia, who lives in Nasu Animal Kingdom in Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan, picks up a German flag with her beak, predicting Japan's loss in the football World Cup Group E opener on Nov. 21, 2022.

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NETHERLANDS-BIRDS

European robin bird species, scientifically named Erithacus rubecula as seen in a park in Meerhoven near Eindhoven during a cold winter day with low temperature. The bird is known as robin or robin redbreast and is a small insectivorous passerine bird. Meerhoven, The Netherlands on January 6, 2021 (Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto) (Credit:Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto/Kyodo News Images)

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FRIDAY RENDEZVOUS

FRIDAY RENDEZVOUS [TV 1961-1963] LATER BECAME FIVE O'CLOCK CLUB [1963-1965] MURIEL YOUNG WITH PUPPET OLLIE BEAK AND CO-PRESENTER HOWARD WILLIAMS WITH PUPPET FRED BARKER

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Photo exhibition of everyday animals opens in Tokyo

Undated file photo displayed in a photo exhibition which opened in Tokyo on July 14, 2015, shows a crow flying off with a wire hanger in its beak. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Parrot predicts Japanese victory in Women's World Cup final

Olivia, a gray parrot kept at the Nasu Animal Kingdom in Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan, picks up the Japanese flag with its beak on July 3, 2015, in "predicting" that Japan would beat the United States in the Women's World Cup final on July 5. The 10-year-old parrot had accurately predicted the outcomes of the team's previous six games in the tournament. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kyodo News photo series wins silver award in Paris contest

This photo of a crow taking wings in a quiet residential area in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, on March 15, 2014, with a wire hanger in its beak to make a nest on a power pole is one of five photos in a series titled "Wild Animals in Urban Life" by Kyodo News that won the silver award in the nature-wildlife category for professional photographers in the 2015 Paris Photography Prize competition. Also known as "Px3," the contest is Europe's biggest photography contest. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Eurasian magpie with a branch

Eurasian magpie in the fly with the blue sky on the background. The bird bears a branch in its beak. (CTK Photo/Roman Krompolc)

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northern hawk owl (Surnia ulula) as pet. Winter morning.

northern hawk owl (Surnia ulula) as pet. Winter morning. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Zaruba)

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long-eared owl (Asio otus) on tree in forest, this owl is as a pet

long-eared owl (Asio otus) on tree in forest, this owl is as a pet (CTK Photo/Ondrej Zaruba)

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barn owl (Tyto alba) at morning in winter time. This owl is as a pet.

barn owl (Tyto alba) at morning in winter time. This owl is as a pet. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Zaruba)

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barn owl (Tyto alba) at morning in winter time. This owl is as a pet.

barn owl (Tyto alba) at morning in winter time. This owl is as a pet. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Zaruba)

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barn owl (Tyto alba) at morning in winter time. This owl is as a pet.

barn owl (Tyto alba) at morning in winter time. This owl is as a pet. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Zaruba)

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boreal owl (Aegolius funereus) on tree in forest, this owl is as a pet.

boreal owl (Aegolius funereus) on tree in forest, this owl is as a pet. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Zaruba)

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long-eared owl (Asio otus) on tree in forest, this owl is as a pet

long-eared owl (Asio otus) on tree in forest, this owl is as a pet (CTK Photo/Ondrej Zaruba)

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barn owl (Tyto alba) at morning in winter time. This owl is as a pet.

barn owl (Tyto alba) at morning in winter time. This owl is as a pet. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Zaruba)

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boreal owl (Aegolius funereus) on tree in forest, this owl is as a pet.

boreal owl (Aegolius funereus) on tree in forest, this owl is as a pet. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Zaruba)

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northern hawk owl (Surnia ulula) as pet. Winter morning.

northern hawk owl (Surnia ulula) as pet. Winter morning. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Zaruba)

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barn owl (Tyto alba) at morning in winter time. This owl is as a pet.

barn owl (Tyto alba) at morning in winter time. This owl is as a pet. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Zaruba)

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barn owl (Tyto alba) at morning in winter time. This owl is as a pet.

barn owl (Tyto alba) at morning in winter time. This owl is as a pet. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Zaruba)

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northern hawk owl (Surnia ulula) as pet. Winter morning.

northern hawk owl (Surnia ulula) as pet. Winter morning. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Zaruba)

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northern hawk owl (Surnia ulula) as pet. Winter morning.

northern hawk owl (Surnia ulula) as pet. Winter morning. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Zaruba)

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northern hawk owl (Surnia ulula) as pet. Winter morning.

northern hawk owl (Surnia ulula) as pet. Winter morning. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Zaruba)

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northern hawk owl (Surnia ulula) as pet. Winter morning.

northern hawk owl (Surnia ulula) as pet. Winter morning. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Zaruba)

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northern hawk owl (Surnia ulula) as pet. Winter morning.

northern hawk owl (Surnia ulula) as pet. Winter morning. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Zaruba)