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by Gracie85 » Sat Sep 23, 2017 3:18 am
That budgie is trying to be friendly to the zebra, who is obviously either not amused or misinterpreting budgie's movements and chirps.
But yes, the budgie could shred that little zebra, if it so decided.
Had one budgie in my flock who was a real witch, screaming her head off all the time, over anything, nothing, whatever. Then she started having "issues" with certain other birds, and picking fights at times.
Early one morning I heard screeching coming from under the cage cover, that just didn't sound right (not like usual sun rise noise) and lifted the cloth to find that horrid bird had another pinned to the floor of the flight cage, beating it with wings, ripping out neck feathers trying to rip out the victim's throat. Poor victim bird was covered in blood, as half of bottom beak had been broken off, and also had numerous scratches.
Evil bird spent the rest of her life in a much smaller cage (nearly got just immediately tossed out the door into the snow, hawks, owls, etc), injured bird was nursed back to health and put back in the giant flight, and is still alive today.
But yes, budgies really can be vicious killers. I have seen it.