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After 10,000 years of inbreeding, endangered flightless parrots from New Zealand are in surprisingly good genetic health – Phys.org

Before humans made their way to New Zealand, the critically endangered flightless parrot known as the kākāpō likely numbered…

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Before humans made their way to New Zealand, the critically endangered flightless parrot known as the kkp likely numbered in the hundreds of thousands. By 1995, their numbers had dwindled to just 51 birds, including 50 isolated on tiny Stewart Island and…

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