A TikTok-famous toucan was rescued by Arlington County, Virginia, firefighters after getting stuck in a tight space inside his home over the weekend.
A TikTok-famous toucan was rescued by Arlington County, Virginia, firefighters after getting stuck in a tight space inside his home over the holiday weekend.
In what the Arlington County Fire Department described as an “unusual rescue,” firefighters were called to get the exotic bird out from behind an appliance Sunday.
“Thanks to the quick and careful work of our firefighters, Chester was safely rescued without any injuries,” the fire department wrote in a social media post. “Not your typical call for T105—excellent job by all involved!”
In a post to Chester the Toucan’s 800,000 followers on TikTok, Maria Stagliano said she called firefighters for help retrieving her pet after he got wedged underneath the cabinets in her kitchen.
It all started when Chester fell into Stagliano’s toilet, the pet owner said.
In a rush to wash the toucan clean, he escaped after bath time and went through a hole by the dishwasher that led to a dead space.
That’s where he remained as Stagliano worked to get backup.
Stagliano said firefighters arrived within 8 minutes of her call for help and freed Chester, a chestnut-eared aracari toucan.
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