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“A COCKATOO LOVE STORY” – by Des Kelly “True love stories, are rather few,   try telling that, to this Cockatoo”.   Thank you Keith, for this awesome   “Post”, e’Lanka readers will enjoy it     most”. Desmond Kelly. (Editor-in-Chief) e’Lanka. A COCKATOO LOVE STORY….JUST TO ENJOY What A Wonderful Feel good Story – and Super Photography About eight years ago a wild Australian Sulphur Crested Cockatoo flew into a car and broke its wing. The motorist took it to the Vet in Nerang, Queensland, who had to amputate the wing. We adopted her – for which we needed a National Parks and Wildlife permit – and kept her in a cage outside where she was often visited by wild Cockatoos. One of the things that impressed us was how she would push lettuce leaves through the bars of the cage, offering food to visitors. Last Sunday she again ...