creature fan and tech wonk likewise are going to need to tune in for this one : On Wednesday , August 24 , Animal Planet will premiere the documentaryToucan Nation , which follows the story of a spite toucan key Grecia .
When the toucan first came to veterinarian Gloria Soto ’s office in Costa Rica , it was in bad shape : injured , starving , and at expiry ’s threshold . “ He was covered in blood and in a good deal of annoyance , ” Sototoldmental_flossin 2015 . “ He could n’t feed himself because the entire top one-half of his nib had been knocked off . " ( Grecia may or may not be manly ; because toucan are sexually dimorphous — male and female person look the same — it can behard to determinegender without a line test . )
Toucan nib are as functional as they are beautiful . subject field of the beak ’s structure have show that it serve as a kind ofclimate command system , cooling hot birds and helping them stay strong in the cold . Without one , a toucan would be far more vulnerable to the climate of its born habitat .
Unfortunately , this was not Soto ’s first abuse unfounded bird . In her clip at the Zoo Ave rescue center , the veterinarian has seen a lot of injured birds , many of which had been attacked by teenagers .
Soto and her colleagues cleaned the toucan up , nursed it back to wellness , and identify it Grecia , after the village where it was find . Once Grecia was doing a small better , staffers snap a photo . The pictorial matter of a beautiful bird with a sickeningly break bill went viral . The prototype trigger dissent and demands for Modern animal well-being law of nature . In Costa Rica and around the world , citizenry were paying attention .
It also caught the attending of Luciano Lacayo , an interchange student studying in Costa Rica . Lacayo set up a crowdfundingcampaign(warning : the tie pageboy features an upsetting picture ) to get Grecia a custom - agree prosthetic nib . Donations poured in . The crusade eventually earned more than 200 pct of its original end , which should be more than enough to get Grecia re - beaked . In June , it was also announced that Grecia is get down anew enclosing , which will be open to the public .
Grecia ’s story continues on Animal Planet this Wednesday , August 24 , at 10 p.m .. you’re able to take in the trailer below .
