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On its banks, volunteers with the Paperhand Puppet Intervention that makes Saxapahaw its home hauled out the 6-foot figures ...

Hand-puppet rearing has also been used to help bring back the critically endangered California condor. The new king vulture chick, which is yet to be named, is the first of its kind to be hatched ...

The zookeeper then uses the hand puppet to feed the baby bird, which is inside a brooder that is serving as a nest for the chick. CNN reports that the bird’s gender has yet to be determined.

The zoo uses puppets for feeding so that the vulture chick doesn't imprint on humans. A King Vulture chick at the Bronx Zoo is being fed by zoo workers wearing hand puppets.