Pictures show rainbow lorikeets eating meat near Brisbane , Queensland . Lorikeets are normally seed-eating birds and this has surprised experts . The Australian Museum in Sydney is hosting a special exhibition on the diversity of bird life around Australia called Birds of Australia. They might have acquired taste for it after seeing meat-eating birds feeding .
Pictures show rainbow lorikeets eating meat near Brisbane , Queensland . Lorikeets are normally seed-eating birds and this has surprised experts . Griffith University 's Darryl Jones said he did not think it was good for them . They might have acquired taste for it after seeing meat-eating birds feeding .