King parrot released into wild after becoming stuck in car grille

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Stuart McKenzie from the Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers happened to be hosting a tour through the park in Buderim, when he was flagged down by motorists on September 25, 2025. Video voice-over partially made using ACM’s AI.

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00:00You guys might remember that king parrot that flew into the lady's grill of her car.

00:04Well, guess what? Look what's in the box.

00:07A king parrot that went viral after it was found with its head stuck in the grill of a car

00:12has been successfully rehabilitated and released into the wild.

00:16Stuart McKenzie from the Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers

00:19happened to be hosting a tour through the park in Budrum

00:22when he was flagged down by motorists on September 25th, 2025.

00:26He was able to free the bird and transport it to the Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital

00:32where it successfully recovered from its ordeal.

00:36Isn't he beautiful?

00:39How good?

00:41Wow.

00:43That's unbelievable.

00:45This is like the feel-good story of probably the start of the snake season.

00:48It's a bird. How good is that?

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