COFFEE WITH KEAS - KEA - ARTHURS PASS - NEW ZEALAND

NAUGHTY, CLEVER AND FUNNY - THE KEA, THE WORLDS ONLY ALPINE PARROT. New Zealand’s Kea Conservation Trust warns people not to feed kea as it only encourages their bad behaviour and some foods can be toxic to them. Feeding them stops them from being gainfully employed in looking for food and gives then more time to get up to mischief, especially when fed inappropriately high energy food. Some human foods, such as chocolate, is toxic to them and feeding kea also habituates them to try new and novel foods. The