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Lories thrive on the delicate, sticky nectar and dusty pollen of flowering plants. They comb the blossoms with their papillae- covered tongues, sometimes stripping the flower of its anther or crushing the blossoms into limp filaments.

Kea have extra- ordinary survival skills. They make do year round in alpine forests and mountain scrublands. They use their narrow, curved bills to hunt for rootlets or larvae,

even under a cover of snow.

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