Ugliest Baby Animal Ever? Nelson The Kea Parrot Just Wants To Be Loved (PHOTO)

Nelson, the baby Kea parrot, was abandoned by his parents for supposedly being too ugly -- never mind the fact that he was the only of his mother's three eggs to survive, MSNBC reports.

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Due to the abandonment, little Nelson had to live in an incubator for the first four weeks of life and is under constant care at a zoo in Germany, the Daily Mail reports.

While not quite as scary, Nelson is reminiscent of the sphinx cat that wasn't exactly pleased with a photographer at the International Cat Show last month.

Nelson also brings back memories of this baby aardvark, that ignited heated debate across the Internet regarding it's cuteness or lack thereof.

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Comments

[Cat Turd]

11:06 PM on 05/28/2012

Aw. His beak looks like something from the Alien movies.

[naaman3]

11:06 AM on 05/25/2012

Nobody really knows why Nelson's parents abandoned him - you're "human thinking."
Frankly, I think he's adorable!

[djuno1966]

12:58 AM on 05/16/2012

I will send you a picture of my sister's first grandson. That is one ugly child

[abbitha7]

05:07 PM on 05/15/2012

Nelson is still cute, because he is a baby.

[evecaren]

03:24 PM on 05/04/2012

More pictures of Nelson , the baby Kea parrot can be found on this website.
http: animaltracks.today.msnbc.msn.com/ugly-but-cute and a picture of what Nelson
may look like as an adult Kea parrot.

[sis14slf]

08:19 PM on 04/30/2012

Did ma/pa parrot actually tell the zoo officials their reason for the abandonment of the baby was because he was ugly, or, because of the ignorance of the zoo keepers?

[naaman3]

11:10 AM on 05/25/2012

"the ignorance of the zoo keepers" - you got it.

[sis14slf]

02:11 PM on 05/25/2012

:-))

[cowloverjoshua]

12:24 PM on 04/26/2012

I think it really cute.

[Lindsgrace33]

02:03 PM on 04/25/2012

I agree, there is no such thing as an "ugly" animal. They are all beautiful and unique in their own special way. I find this little guy fascinating and anything but ugly. He is precious!

[naaman3]

11:11 AM on 05/25/2012

Absolutely! to all you said.

[peacekitten]

01:12 AM on 04/22/2012

there is absolutely no such thing as an "ugly" baby animal.

all of them are masterpieces, perfect in every way, beautiful as they can possibly be.

nelson is no exception.  he's exquisite, and will only become moreso with time.

[evecaren]

02:56 PM on 05/04/2012

A very perceptive comment, peacekitten. Baby cockatiels look quite similar to baby
parrots. LIke the song says, everything is beautiful in its own way and all baby animals
are truly precious and uniquely special.

[marywindwolf]

09:52 PM on 04/21/2012

That is one beautiful BabyCreature and all he/she wants is MommaLove..(and Poppa too!)

[M4dwoman]

10:30 AM on 04/21/2012

He's a baby bird. That's what they look like.
Take a gander at an electron micrograph of an insect larva.
Then we can discuss ugly.

[Jessica Rainey]

08:24 PM on 04/20/2012

Please keep us posted on his development!

[Dan Langdon]

06:59 PM on 04/20/2012

That is one ugly bird. But, I like it

[Mtka]

03:52 PM on 04/20/2012

I sincerely doubt that the baby parrot was abandoned by its mom because it is so "ugly." That's extreme anthropomorphism. More than likely, since the parrots are captive, she wasn't programmed to take care of her young naturally, or something in her environment wasn't optimum.

[Rega]

02:01 PM on 04/20/2012

How did they come to the conclusion that it was abandoned for it being too ugly?