Screaming’ Hungry Baby Black Palm Cockatoo at San Diego Zoo Is Making Everybody Smile

If you're a parent, you know how testy babies, toddlers, and children of all ages can get when they get 'hangry'—that is, hungry and angry at the same time. It can get scary! San Diego Zoo may not be dealing with hangry human babies, but hangry animal babies act the same way, as you'll see in this video that they posted on Tuesday, September 3rd.

The Zoo introduces us to a Black Palm Cockatoo chick, so young that they don't even have any feathers yet. It's lunchtime, and they are impatiently waiting to be fed. Make sure your sound is on so you can hear the hangry chick's demands for more food, and for the person feeding them to speed it up!

Is that not the cutest thing you've seen and heard today? Even though the chick is hangry, they're adorable! Fans of San Diego Zoo had a lot to say about the cute video. @Bubble Skincare made me giggle when they pointed out, "Someone’s peckish!" as did @Drake Featherwing who added, "So many capital "A"s in such a smAAAAAAAAAll package." @2Blessed2BeStressed said simply, "Very Demure." @vishbhai wondered, "Who hatched a dinosaur egg?!" @basicallygeographic cracked me up when they said, "Have this on headphones max volume and you get the full package (trust me I know)."

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Interesting Facts About Black Palm Cockatoos

The Zoo explained in their caption that Black Palm Cockatoos are native to Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea and are near threatened in the wild due to loss of habitat. This baby chick is helping to keep this species alive and numbers growing.

I realized that I've never even heard of this bird before, so set out to see what I could learn about them. Black Palm Cockatoos are the largest of the world’s cockatoo species (there are 18 in total). They can grow to up to 24 inches long and weigh up to 3 pounds. Spruce Pets shares that in the wild, they live between 40 and 60 years, and even longer in captivity: up to 80 to 90 years with proper care. They can be kept as pets, but they're not as friendly as some other parrots and require much more training.

Black Palm Cockatoos inhabit rainforests and woodlands where their diet consists of palm fruit, nuts from the kanari tree (Java almond), stringy eucalyptus tree bark, and tree seeds. Their extremely strong beaks can open even the toughest nuts and are actually one of the biggest of any parrot out there, second only to the Hyacinth Macaw.

The Zoo's little chick will look much different when its feathers come in (around 14-16 weeks old). Spruce Pets also shared this cool fact about the bird, "This otherwise single-colored bird has bright red patches of bare skin on their cheeks, which change colors when the bird gets excited. Their cheeks are as striking as its dark grayish-black beak, giving it a very distinct profile up close."

I can't wait to watch this little one grow and explore their new world! I'm sure as they grow their hangry demands for food will become a little more threatening, but right now, they're just adorable!

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