--- title: "Hornbill makes a meal out of caged pet bird in Bukit Purmei" url: "/singapore-seen/hornbill-makes-a-meal-out-of-caged-pet-bird-in-bukit-purmei" published: "2021-08-17T08:38:13.000Z" updated: "2021-08-17T08:46:11.000Z" section: "Singapore Seen" authors: ["Cherlynn Ng"] tags: ["bird","birds","hornbill","animals","nature"] --- # Hornbill makes a meal out of caged pet bird in Bukit Purmei *A resident was shocked to see two hornbills preying on a caged pet bird in Bukit Purmei on Monday (Aug 16). * A resident was shocked to see two hornbills preying on a caged pet bird in Bukit Purmei on Monday (Aug 16). Stomper Ryan shared a video that he took, which shows the bird cage hanging along a corridor at Block 115 Bukit Purmei Road. One hornbill is perched on the cage, while the second hornbill subsequently reaches into the cage with its beak. Ryan said: "It ate up the head of our neighbour's pet bird. "We were scared that our pet baby hamsters would get killed too so we hid them in the room."