- Title: Rooster at Singapore bird park gets worm treats ahead of Lunar New Year
- Date: 11th January 2017
- Summary: SINGAPORE (JANUARY 11, 2017) (REUTERS) JURONG BIRD PARK SIGN READING (English): "ROOSTER IN THE ROO-NAR NEW YEAR" AVIARY ROOSTER, ALSO CALLED A RED JUNGLE FOWL IN THE WILD, WALKING PAST LUNAR NEW YEAR DECORATIONS IN AVIARY MEALWORMS IN SOIL ROOSTER WALKING PAST ASSISTANT CURATOR AT JURONG BIRD PARK, ANGELIN LIM, CARRING BOX OF MEALWORMS MEALWORMS IN HAND LIM THROWING MEALWORMS ON GROUND VARIOUS OF MALE AND FEMALE RED JUNGLE FOWLS EATING WORMS ROOSTER EATING WORMS AND CROWING ROOSTER WALKING PAST VARIOUS OF ROOSTER EATING WORMS VARIOUS OF ROOSTER WALKING INTO SHRUBS MEALWORMS IN TRADITIONAL LUNAR NEW YEAR SNACK MADE OUT OF GLUTINOUS RICE LIM STANDING (SOUNDBITE) (English) ASSISTANT CURATOR AT JURONG BIRD PARK, ANGELIN LIM, SAYING: "So the rooster, like any other pheasants, they roam around on the floor, they usually scratch around to look for food scraps, seed items, insects, sometimes fallen fruits which the birds in the trees ate and dropped. So these guys are extremely resourceful." VARIOUS OF CHINESE TOURIST WANG JIAN WALKING PAST WITH HER HUSBAND AND CHILD (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) CHINESE TOURIST WANG JIAN SAYING: "This rooster brings me back to nature, I hope that our lives (in the Lunar New Year) will also be able to slow down a bit, to return to a more natural pace." VARIOUS OF VICTORIAN PHEASANT VARIOUS OF LUNAR NEW YEAR DECORATION
- Embargoed: 25th January 2017 08:07
- Keywords: Lunar New Year Singapore rooster bird park
- Location: SINGAPORE
- City: SINGAPORE
- Country: Singapore
- Topics: Environment,Nature/Wildlife
- Reuters ID: LVA0015YMYO2H
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:One lucky rooster at Singapore's Jurong Bird Park was given extra helpings of mealworms ahead of Lunar New Year.
January 28 will mark the start of the Year of the Rooster, the tenth in the Chinese zodiac.
Those born in the same year are believed to be resourceful, hardworking and honest.
The bird park's two-year-old rooster, called a red jungle fowl in the wild, gobbled up the creepy-crawlies in his aviary decorated with auspicious Chinese banners.
"So the rooster, like any other pheasants, they roam around on the floor, they usually scratch around to look for foodscraps, seed items, insects, sometimes fallen fruits which the birds in the trees ate and dropped. So these guys are extremely resourceful," said the assistant curator at Jurong Bird Park, Angelin Lim.
Chinese visitors said seeing the rooster inspired some Lunar New Year resolutions.
"This rooster brings me back to nature, I hope that our lives (in the Lunar New Year) will also be able to slow down a bit, to return to a more natural pace," Chinese tourist Wang Jian said.
Mealworms added to traditional cakes made of glutinous rice will be served to the rooster as well as his pheasant relatives from January 28-30. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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