BIRD GETS BIONIC BEAK

The man-made bill was fitted after his real one was cut off in a bottle attack.

He faced being fed through a tube for the rest of his life after being rescued by Maria Evans, who runs a bird rescue center.

She asked dentist Ed Hannaford to craft a plastic bill, believed to be the first ever made. It took him around 100 hours to build. Had he charged, man hours alone would have cost $19,000.

An hour after it was fitted to what was left of his real beak, eight-year-old Sampson was eating normally and giving his mate a peck.