12/07/2025
Sur les chemins merveilleux des alliances humains-animaux …
It might look odd.
But this is what saving a species looks like.
You’re witnessing a California Condor chick being fed… by a puppet. Not for show. For survival. In the 1980s, only 27 of these majestic birds were left on Earth. And humans made a promise: we’ll bring them back — but without letting them bond to us.
Because if a condor chick sees a human as its parent, it won’t survive in the wild.
So conservationists created these hand puppets — realistic condor heads that allow feeding without human imprinting.
This isn’t a costume.
It’s a lifeline disguised as a beak.
Thanks to efforts like this, the California Condor population has climbed back from the brink — over 500 birds now live in the wild and captivity.
What you’re seeing isn’t weird.
It’s one of the greatest comebacks in conservation history.
