Mutant Parakeet: Abandoned for His Unique Appearance

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Whipper is a mutant parakeet, whose feathers look more like hair... he looks like a chirping Chewbacca. Whipper the mutant parakeet was abandoned, and taken in in by Julie Hayward of Winton, New Zealand.

I wonder how many animals get abandoned because they don't look like the "typical" version of themselves. I've had friends over the years who have taken in three-legged cats, deaf dogs, and bald rabbits- these critters can be just as much a part of the family as their conventionally-attractive fellows. Having said that, I think Whipper is way cuter than normal parakeets. The eye of the beholder and all that.

I wonder if Whipper has trouble seeing, and if he can fly. He is, after all, extremely shaggy.

This is just a quick human (budgie-) interest story because Amy is on holiday. 

(found via Neatorama)