Screech, squawk, smack! i couldn't believe my eyes. i had just witnessed two male palm cockatoos clash in mid-air above a large, hollow tree and viciously wresde, using their huge beaks, before finally tumbling to the ground. Overyears of researching'palmies', i had never seen such intense conflict.And the tussle didn't end there - although the tall, tropical grass concealed the rival males from view, for what seemed like an eternity I could hear a horrible, loud growling coming from the now-grounded, brutal battle. This extreme aggression could only mean one thing - whatever they were fighting over was worth dying for.
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