2y ago

A flightless parrot is returning to mainland New Zealand after a 40-year absence

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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.
- The "remake" Stephen Fry did a few years ago has this gem in it
  https://youtu.be/9T1vfsHYiKY
  
  The origin of party parrot emoji
  
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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
- it's why I love the kakapo so much, so glad others remember it too
Oh wow he just like me fr fr
Must have been a long vacation.
- If anyone can keep this species alive, it's Rasputin.
(Professor Farnsworth Voice) Good News, Everyone! The planet is dying but here's a happy little article about a parrot!
Good 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.
- Indeed they are - to a reserve here
- Seeing 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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