Artificial rain for Amersfoort zoo birds

It is hot summer weather in the Netherlands. Maybe sometimes a bit too hot, like for birds in Amersfoort zoo.

This 7 August 2015 video shows how a sprinkler system makes the weather more bearable for parrots, cattle egrets, black-crowned night herons and other zoo birds.

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