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Von Der Decken's Hornbill pair, Tookie-Tookie and Tokay. They are new and still not comfortable, so the video was shot from the house into the outdoor aviary. I appologize for the lack of quality. Their part of the aviary is 12 feet long, 4 feet deep, and almost nine feet at the tallest. Tookie-Tookie is about 17 inches from the end of his bill to the tip of his tail. Tooka keeps staring into the bowl because the water bottle above it has been modified into a mealworm dispenser by removing the metal balls; it contains medium worms and a bit of oatmeal to clog things up and keep all the worms from falling at once. This way a few dozen worms last all day.

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Pets & Animals

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• von der decken hornbill
• hornbills
• aviary