Meet the Aki, the Hawaiian bird with a 'Frankensteined' beak

This bird was built for drilling. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Hawaii's'akiapolaau has a very unique beak. If you said a woodpecker, you're not entirely wrong. But woodpeckers don't live in Hawaii, where biologists are investigating a curious bird that takes up a similar ecological niche--with its own unique twist.