Lincolnshire Wildlife Park: Thousands tune in to watch parrot hatch online

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image captionAdult eclectus parrots differ in colour depending on their sex with females mostly red and blue while males are mostly bright green
Thousands of people around the world tuned in to see the moment a parrot hatched live online at a zoo.
More than 25,000 people watched as the eclectus parrot emerged from its egg at Lincolnshire Wildlife Park.
Park owner Steve Nicholls said since sharing the footage on social media it had been watched more than seven million times.
He believed the live stream had proved popular as it offered "a distraction for people to enjoy at this time".

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