Adorable macaw shows off 3D printed titanium beak after losing his in clash

MAX the macaw shows off his 3D printed titanium robo-beak — after he lost his old one in a fight. Now the 20-year-old bird can eat solid food for the first time in two years — and bend his cage’s bars — thanks to surgeons who bolted the metal pecker to his old beak stump in a 90-minute op. Max the macaw shows off his 3D printed titanium robo-beak — after he lost his old one in a fightNewsflash Brit Trevor Glover, 75, who owns Max’s bird ­sanctuary home in Plettenburg Bay, South Africa, said: “When people hear the noise his titanium beak makes on the bars they are a little nervous of him. “I wouldn’t want to get a peck from that beak!” Most read in World News SLAMMING THE DOOR China ramps up brutal 'zero covid' lockdown with anyone driving JAILED SPY IN THE SKY US spy plane seen over Ukraine 'for first time' amid Russia invasion fears OFF THE SCALES 'World's heaviest teen' who once weighed 96st aged 17 now unrecognisable FINAL FAREWELL Il Divo Carlos Marin's ex says he 'knew he wasn't going to pull through' HIDDEN TRUTH Mystery of 6-inch mummified 'alien' skeleton with cone-shaped skull & ten ribs SLIP OF THE MUM Circus tightrope walker balancing his MUM on his head falls into the ring Max’s beak stump is drilled for fitting bolts The 20-year-old bird can eat solid food for the first time in two yearsNewsflash Max was left with no beak after feathers flewNewsflash