the miracle of baby giraffes
seeing pictures like this one, i can’t help but marvel at the fact that giraffes have been successfully procreating for the last 30 million years. just wondering: does the mother […]
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update: kakapo sass euthanised
Old boy Sass farewelled. Sadly we euthanized one of our Stewart Island founder kakapo, Sass, yesterday. Sass had been of relatively poor condition for the last few years and has […]
two kakapo chicks born from artificial insemination
kakapo (strigops habroptilus) there has been a major breakthrough in the kakapo recovery programme this year: semen specimen were collected earlier last year, and a total of six female kakapo […]
kakapo in international spotlight once more
nearly 20 years after the book “last chance to see” was published, and 24 years after the bbc radio series of the same title first aired, the kakapo get another […]
horny kakapo on tv
filming and photographing the kakapo for the new BBC documentary series “last chance to see“, zoologist mark carwardine becomes part of something unexpected… Stephen Fry sees photographer get humped by […]
how to treat insect bites
whenever somebody is stung by a bee or wasp, i remember there’s a rule of thumb about a good way of instantly diminishing the effects of the poison. […]