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These ground hornbills are hardcore! Here's how tattoo artists play a role in the conservation of one of Africa's most iconic bird species.

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This clip comes from Season 3, Episode 5: "Ground Hornbill: Redemption Song"

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00:00They've also come up with a very interesting way of identifying these individuals in the field,
00:05tattooing a number on their faces.
00:07I mean, it sounds very simple, but you don't often think of a tattoo artist as having a role to play in conservation.
00:13We are trying to tattoo the facial skin of the birds,
00:18with the hopes that one day this will be the way we could ID them.
00:23Ground hornbills are extremely long-lived,
00:27and the hope is that this method of identification will be a way of replacing the use of coloured leg rings
00:33to visually identify the birds in the wild.
00:58That's two. And the other side.
01:03OK, got it, got it.
01:05I have a beak, I have a beak, I have a beak.

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