The owl parrot is facing an existential threat in the form of a fungal infection that has already endangered a fifth of the total population. Seven of New Zealand's native kakapo have died in recent months after contracting the respiratory disease aspergillosis. The nocturnal and flightless parrot ingratiated itself with the world after it attempted to mate with a zoologist's head during a BBC documentary.World's fattest parrot, the endangered kakapo, could be wiped out by fungal infection Continue reading...
Kakapo: four facts about the world's heaviest parrot - video
13. června 2019 17:01
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Celý článek: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/video/2019/jun/13/kakapo-four-facts-about-the-worlds-heaviest-parrot-video
Zdroj: The Guardian