Scarlet Macaw
Ara macao
IUCN RED LIST
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Lives in Central and South America
Fun Fact
LEFT-HANDED BY NATURE
Macaws tend to use their left foot more to cut up food, just as we generally use our right hand. This behaviour appears to be due to the fact that the right side of the macaw’s brain is more developed than the left.


