A flightless parrot is returning to mainland New Zealand after a 40-year absence
A flightless parrot is returning to mainland New Zealand after a 40-year absence
Kākāpō are large flightless parrots that used to be widespread across the country, before being hunted to near extinction.
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I'll always take any chance to plug Last Chance to See by Douglas Adams which is a fantastic book that has a section about the Kakapo conservation efforts.
27 0 ReplyThe "remake" Stephen Fry did a few years ago has this gem in it
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Came here to make sure it's the kakapo. At the writing of the book there were something like 30 of them
2 0 Replyit's why I love the kakapo so much, so glad others remember it too
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Oh wow he just like me fr fr
20 0 ReplyMust have been a long vacation.
9 0 Reply5 0 ReplyIf anyone can keep this species alive, it's Rasputin.
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(Professor Farnsworth Voice) Good News, Everyone! The planet is dying but here's a happy little article about a parrot!
4 1 ReplyGood for them. Given that their thing is to reproduce really, really slowly!
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Seems pretty dangerous. The main islands of New Zealand are full of pests/ introduced predators like rats, stoats, ferrets, possums, hedgehogs, and feral cats.
Hopefully they will put these flightless parrots inside a predator-proof fence, or their days are numbered.
2 0 ReplyIndeed they are - to a reserve here
2 0 ReplySeeing the collective conservation efforts of multiple successive governments to eliminate all non-native predators from New Zealand by 2050 is really inspiring.
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... parrot returning to ...N.Z. after 40-years...
Unfortunately it's mate had remarried /s
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