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Kakapow! Rare world’s fattest parrot has record breeding season

Kakapow! Rare world’s fattest parrot has record breeding season

  • Females control the breeding process and only mate every two to four years when New Zealand’s native rimu trees are full of fruit
  • The surviving kakapo — whose name means ‘night parrot’ in Maori — are kept on four predator-free islands
By AFP ·
Crouching tigers, hidden cameras: Nepal counts its big cats

Crouching tigers, hidden cameras: Nepal counts its big cats

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Fuzzy crab, shiny-eyed shrimp discovered on Java expedition

Fuzzy crab, shiny-eyed shrimp discovered on Java expedition

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Endangered reptile: Australia’s ‘punk turtle’ risks being last of the Mohicans

Endangered reptile: Australia’s ‘punk turtle’ risks being last of the Mohicans

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