Ray P Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Did you know that the Kakapo is the rarest parrot in the world with fewer that 150 left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffNOK Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 I saw a documentary about the Kakapo with Stephen Fry. It's flightless, so I suppose it is easy prey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talon Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Sounds intriguing, I will have to google it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywings Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 There may be only about 700 St. Vincents parrot left in the wild, Amazon species. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oblivion Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 I first heard about them in the Douglas Adams (yes, THAT Douglas Adams) book _Last Chance to See_. It's a great/funny/depressing read. Sadly, one of the other species featured, the Yangtze River Dolphin, has likely since gone extinct: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baiji Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 I have seen several articles about this rare flightless parrot, the one that comes to mind every time I see a picture is the one where it climbed up on a man's neck and shagged his head scratching him but he was doing some kind of mating dance, they are a little odd looking but gorgeous birds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oblivion Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Yeah, you can find a clip of that on YouTube. In fact, they even use the term 'shag.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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