Blog for the Birds

Man Teaches Heron to Fly

June 4, 2008 on 12:05 pm | In Odd Stuff |

Isn’t this backwards? Didn’t humans learn flight principles from birds?  Now Gary Zammit of Cornwall, UK turned that around and taught an orphaned Heron how to fly.  He did this by running alongside it, flapping his arms, and squawking (like a Heron I guess). Eventually, the Heron caught on and now flies on his own.

Man teaches bird to fly