kakapo

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• Being a nature lover, however, I also hope to see other endangered species like this lovable Kakapo saved from extinction.

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• Is saving the Kakapo realistic or possible?

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• I discovered that Kakapo are the oldest living birds and decided this was part of the reason for the recovery effort.

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• I wondered where the Kakapo fit in the ecological chain and what might happen if Kakapo were allowed to disappear.

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• There I discovered the rationale for saving the Kakapo and the cost of this venture.

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• So I purchased the award-winning book Kakapo Rescue: Saving the World's Strangest Parrot by Sy Montgomery (2010).

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• The book's visual images include Nic Bishop's gorgeous color photographs that show Kakapo, the people who are rescuing the birds from extinction, and the lush landscape of Codfish Island, where the recovery program is located.

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• After visiting New Zealand, I wanted to learn more about the Kakapo, a nearly extinct parrot that smells like honey, growls like a dog, booms like a bullfrog, chings like a cash register, and lives for 70 to 100 years.

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• The kakapo is a unique, nocturnal parrot found only in New Zealand, making it an important species for conservation efforts.

• Conservationists are working hard to promote the survival of the kakapo, a flightless bird with distinctive green feathers.

How Rare

kakapo

• New Zealand

1 9.9

endangered species

72 3.2

rare animal

3 6.4

commonness

1 2.3

Surface Forms

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