The bird, a pied shag, was probably suffering from starvation as well as metal and nicotine poisoning, the zoo stated in a Facebook post.
post on May 31, identified the bird as a pied shag, a two-toned member of the cormorant family.
"Someone probably just lost it. It was shiny, so I'm not surprised he picked it up," Nest team leader Shanna Rose told stuff.co.nz. While the team immediately removed the pen, the bird went downhill and died overnight. In addition to starvation, he was probably suffering from"serious metal and nicotine poisoning," according to the post.
"A shag eating a vape probably thought it was a fish, and what looked like an easy meal turned out to be its last," he said.
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