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1995: Kākāpō population consists of 51 individuals; beginning of the Kakapo Recovery Programme; 1999: Kākāpō removed from Hauturu; 2002: A significant breeding season led to 24 chicks being hatched; 2005: 41 females and 45 males, including four fledglings (3 females and 1 male); kākāpō established on Anchor Island [5]
Sirocco (hatched 23 March 1997) [1] is a kākāpō, a large, flightless, nocturnal parrot, and one of the remaining living individuals numbering only 244 (as of 2024). [2] He achieved individual fame following an incident on the BBC television series Last Chance to See in which he attempted to mate with zoologist Mark Carwardine.
[2] [109] The Dutch left Mauritius in 1710, but by then the dodo and most of the large terrestrial vertebrates there had become extinct. [ 43 ] Even though the rareness of the dodo was reported already in the 17th century, its extinction was not recognised until the 19th century.
There are only 10 or fewer vaquitas left in the world. ©Paula Olson, NOAA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons – Original / License. About the Vaquita.
The Javan rhino (Rhinoceros sondaicus) once roamed across many countries in Southeast Asia. Around 2,000 years ago, they were still common in many parts of China. Around 12,000 years ago, they ...
Fossil dentary specimen UCMP 143274 restored as a parrot (left) or an oviraptorosaur. ... [144] while the Maori hunted kakapos for their meat and feathers.
A U.N. damage assessment released this month showed that clearing over 50 million tonnes of rubble left in the aftermath of Israel's bombardment could take 21 years and cost up to $1.2 billion.
Tuatara thrive in temperatures much lower than those tolerated by most reptiles, and hibernate during winter. [78] They remain active at temperatures as low as 5 °C (41 °F), [ 79 ] while temperatures over 28 °C (82 °F) are generally fatal.