Can ninjas beat pirates, er I mean parrots

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Karate Experts Hired to Control Parrots
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/news-article.aspx?storyid=50879

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- Organizers of a vintage car rally have
hired karate experts to protect vehicles from marauding native parrots, a
media report said Friday.

Around 40 members of a local karate club have been enlisted to protect
around 140 classic cars due to visit an alpine village near Mt. Cook on New
Zealand's South Island on Sunday, the New Zealand Press Association
reported.

The karate experts will protect the cars from Keas, sharp-beaked native
parrots which have been known to damage vehicles in their search for
shiny items, NZPA said.

Denis Callesen, manager of the nearby Hermitage Hotel, said bird lovers
needn't be concerned that the karate experts would use martial arts
moves on the parrots, which are a protected species. Their job would
simply be to scare the birds away, he said.

Local wildlife ranger Ray Bellringer said the karate masters were unlikely
to deter the Keas.

"They will fly around and laugh," he said.