Gary (IMAGE)

Stanford University

Gary

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In order to better understand the versatile gripping abilities of birds, researchers at Stanford taught parrotlets - like this bird, Gary -- to fly to perches made of different materials, including natural woods, foam and Teflon.

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Kurt Hickman/Stanford News Service

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