This brave lilac-breasted roller lost his eye defending his mate and her eggs at the North Carolina Zoo where he lived. This earned him the name True Grit after the famous John Wayne character. He managed to live a long life with one eye, and could still catch flying insects and roll with them in the air as his species’ name suggests. You can read Grit’s story over on A Zookeeper’s Memoir for Free. Click Herre
This brave lilac-breasted roller lost his eye defending his mate and her eggs at the North Carolina Zoo where he lived. This earned him the name True Grit after the famous John Wayne character. He managed to live a long life with one eye, and could still catch flying insects and roll with them in the air as his species’ name suggests. You can read Grit’s story over on A Zookeeper’s Memoir for Free. Click Herre
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