Confused Bird Tries To Hatch Chocolate Easter Eggs

Pippa, a London Cockatoo, has spent two weeks trying to hatch a bowl of chocolate Easter eggs intended for visitors to an English wildlife centre.

"It's very comical. She's not usually maternal so it's come as a bit of a surprise", said Geoff Grewcock, the owner of the Wildlife Sanctuary in central England.

"We had a lot of creme eggs so we put them in a dish on a table for people to take. When we got Pippa out, she went straight to them and began nesting on them", he said.

"She's so protective over them and if anyone goes near them she'll attack. They're going to melt if we don't take them away".

"We're taking them away gradually so she should be OK. I think she thinks they should be hatching now and has started pecking at them. It's very strange".

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