No wonder he's endangered: he attempts to mate with the photographer.
Non sequitur. Many abundant species (including dogs) also attempt such behavior with animate and inanimate objects.
Scientists want to sequence the genome of all living kakapo parrots
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#12I'll be on Codfish Island volunteering in about a month. Looking forward to do my part to help this amazing parrot.
I'm from New Zealand: Kakapos are one of my favourite animals in the world (along with Tuataras!), so I've got nothing but respect for the work you're doing :)
Is there a way someone like myself can help? Donations, etc.
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#13No wonder he's endangered: he attempts to mate with the photographer.
I've laughed quite hard about that too, couldn't help but wonder:
A) Is this is the reason why are the going extinct.
and
B) If that green shirt was probably not the best choice of color for the occasion.
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#14No wonder he's endangered: he attempts to mate with the photographer.
I've laughed quite hard about that too, couldn't help but wonder: A) Is this is the reason why are the going extinct. and B) If that green shirt was probably not the best choice of color for the occasion.
> Is this is the reason why are the going extinct.
Nope. Have you seen animals in heat? They do crazy things like that and us being humans, anthropomorphize their behaviors to be something they aren't. No one claims kangaroos are in danger of extinction (they're far from it) when one of them tries to mate with another that's already dead[1].
The decline of most endangered species in NZ can be summed up in 2 primary reasons:
1) Humans. Some species being hunted to extinction instead of a sustainable level.
2) The animals humans brought with them. Feral cats and rats being the two main culprits.
There were no mammals on NZ before humans brought them and birds were the dominant species. Thus, there was little reason for many of them, such as this bird and the kiwi to fly. Now, both are in danger of extinction because their evolutionary paths never accounted for such predators.
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#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've laughed quite hard about that too, couldn't help but wonder: A) Is this is the reason why are the going extinct. and B) If that green shirt was probably not the best choice of color for the occasion.
> Is this is the reason why are the going extinct. Nope. Have you seen animals in heat? They do crazy things like that and us being humans, anthropomorphize their behaviors to be something they aren't. No one claims kangaroos are in danger of extinction (they're far from it) when one of them tries to mate with another that's already dead[1]. The decline of most endangered species in NZ can be summed up in 2 primary r…
I know it was in jest :)
The settlement of NZ also introduced allot of natural predators which pushed allot of species to near extinction / extinction on the mainland, they've been using the Islands as natural reserves and introducing as many species to them as possible as they were note polluted with predators.
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#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Is this is the reason why are the going extinct. Nope. Have you seen animals in heat? They do crazy things like that and us being humans, anthropomorphize their behaviors to be something they aren't. No one claims kangaroos are in danger of extinction (they're far from it) when one of them tries to mate with another that's already dead[1]. The decline of most endangered species in NZ can be summed up in 2 primary r…
I know it was in jest :) The settlement of NZ also introduced allot of natural predators which pushed allot of species to near extinction / extinction on the mainland, they've been using the Islands as natural reserves and introducing as many species to them as possible as they were note polluted with predators.
Ah yeah, I read something about they're trying to use "deodorant" for kiwis to stop predators from sniffing them out. Interesting stuff though and not sure what came of it, since it was last reported 5 or so years ago.
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#18I assume that the title is a hat tip to Monty Python's famous "Dead Parrot" sketch:
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#19I didn't see the link in the article, but this seems to be the crowdfunding project to sequence all remaining kakapo: https://www.geneticrescue.science/projects/genome-sequencing...
Direct link here: https://experiment.com/projects/sequencing-the-genomes-of-al...