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A life-size sculpture of two colourful macaws on a perch, constructed from 1,800 LEGO® bricks, will face the ultimate test at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo on Tuesday 2 April, when it is carefully examined by the Zoo’s own real-life macaws.

Keepers are hoping that the 2m-high sculpture, which is part of The Great Brick Safari, an exhibition of LEGO brick creatures at the UK’s largest Zoo, will pass the real birds’ inspection with flying colours, ahead of its launch on Saturday 6 April.

Plastic parrots - Polina and Pearl, a Scarlet macaw and a Blue-and-gold macaw which took two experts 66 hours to create - will come face-to-face with real-life male Scarlet macaw, Inca, and female Military macaw, Bolivia, who regularly fly in the Zoo’s Birds of the World demonstration.

Zookeeper Leigh-Ann Batchelor said: “Macaws like Inca and Bolivia are highly intelligent and curious birds, so it will be fascinating to see them investigate their incredibly realistic, LEGO brick twins!

“Inca is such a warm and approachable parrot, I think he will want to make friends with Polina and Pearl, but Bolivia is much cheekier, so I’m not sure what she’ll make of them - perhaps she’ll think they’re being lazy for refusing to budge from their perch!”

Featuring one million LEGO® bricks, The Great Brick Safari at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo, lets visitors encounter unbelievably realistic LEGO brick beasts, like one tonne elephant, Earl Grey, which took six experts 1,600 hours to create from 271,739 LEGO bricks. There will also be a kids’ Activity Trail, Pop-up Safari Tours and Brick Pits, where families can let their imaginations loose and build their own favourite creatures.

The Great Brick Safari runs throughout the Easter holidays, 11am – 5pm daily, at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo. It’s included in the price of a zoo ticket. Book online now at zsl.org
photo by Brian Jordan

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A life-size sculpture of two colourful macaws on a perch, constructed from 1,800 LEGO® bricks, will face the ultimate test at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo on Tuesday 2 April, when it is carefully examined by the Zoo’s own real-life macaws.<br /> <br /> Keepers are hoping that the 2m-high sculpture, which is part of The Great Brick Safari, an exhibition of LEGO brick creatures at the UK’s largest Zoo, will pass the real birds’ inspection with flying colours, ahead of its launch on Saturday 6 April.<br /> <br /> Plastic parrots - Polina and Pearl, a Scarlet macaw and a Blue-and-gold macaw which took two experts 66 hours to create - will come face-to-face with real-life male Scarlet macaw, Inca, and female Military macaw, Bolivia, who regularly fly in the Zoo’s Birds of the World demonstration.<br /> <br /> Zookeeper Leigh-Ann Batchelor said: “Macaws like Inca and Bolivia are highly intelligent and curious birds, so it will be fascinating to see them investigate their incredibly realistic, LEGO brick twins!<br /> <br /> “Inca is such a warm and approachable parrot, I think he will want to make friends with Polina and Pearl, but Bolivia is much cheekier, so I’m not sure what she’ll make of them - perhaps she’ll think they’re being lazy for refusing to budge from their perch!”<br /> <br /> Featuring one million LEGO® bricks, The Great Brick Safari at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo, lets visitors encounter unbelievably realistic LEGO brick beasts, like one tonne elephant, Earl Grey, which took six experts 1,600 hours to create from 271,739 LEGO bricks. There will also be a kids’ Activity Trail, Pop-up Safari Tours and Brick Pits, where families can let their imaginations loose and build their own favourite creatures. <br /> <br /> The Great Brick Safari runs throughout the Easter holidays, 11am – 5pm daily, at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo. It’s included in the price of a zoo ticket. Book online now at zsl.org <br /> photo by Brian Jordan