Juliet Visits the Zoo: Rios Last Wild Macaw is Lonely and Looking for Love

Juliet has appeared almost every morning for the past two decades. She swoops into the enclosure where other blue-and-yellow macaws are housed at the Rio de Janeiro city zoo. She joins in a grooming activity that resembles conjugal canoodling across the fence.

Last Wild Macaw

The attraction of traveling without restrictions is apparent to humanity after more than a year of COVID-19 quarantine and travel bans. Macaws are used to traveling over 20 miles a day, according to Guedes.

BioParque's macaws were given more habitat last year, with a 10,700-square-foot aviary where they ride alongside green parrots and golden parakeets to create an aerial, technicolor swirl. It's a huge improvement on the previous enclosures, which were just about 100 square feet. After almost 17 months of repairs and the privatization of Rio's dilapidated zoo, BioParque reopened to the public in March.

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