00:00Do you guys want to see the largest parrot in the world?
00:09There he is!
00:11This is Sammy.
00:13Sammy is a hyacinth macaw, sometimes called a blue macaw.
00:17And they are the largest of all of the parrot species.
00:21So what makes a macaw so special?
00:23Macaws come in a variety of different colors.
00:26The hyacinth macaws like Sammy are all blue, so when you look up at them in the tree,
00:32they blend right in with the sky.
00:34Should we tell him?
00:36Do you want me to tell him?
00:37Yeah?
00:37Do you guys want to know a secret?
00:39Sammy's beak also comes in handy when he wants to climb.
00:42He can use it just like a hand.
00:49Come a little closer.
00:50Well, not that close.
00:51And you can see a little bit of the skin around his eyes and his beak.
00:57He even has a little yellow stripe on his tongue.
01:01Macaws live in South American forests where there are trees filled with nuts.
01:06And they especially love Brazil nuts.
01:10Let's see if we can break this Brazil nut.
01:12Whoa!
01:22That was a lot of work.
01:24I wonder how macaws break open a nut like that.
01:28Sammy just uses his strong hooked beak to crush open the shell to eat the nut or the seed inside.
01:34Really impressive.
01:36Macaws are messy eaters, but that's okay.
01:38The seed parts that they drop may grow to become new trees.
01:43Take a look at Sammy's feet.
01:45All parrots have zygodactyl feet.
01:48The word zygodactyl is just a fancy way of saying that he has two toes in the front and two toes in the back.
01:57Macaws can use their feet like hands to grab food and other items.
02:01So with the bright colors, the strong feet, and the super, super powerful beak, these guys really are the giants of the parrot family.
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