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How many kakapo are left?

208 kākāpō How many kākāpō are left? Currently, there are 208 kākāpō, a record-breaking number since the conservation work began over two decades ago. However, this is still extremely low for a species and poses an issue with breeding. A lot of kākāpō are inbred, meaning there is little genetic diversity.

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Is Sirocco still alive?

The world's most famous kakapo, Sirocco, has been found alive and well on his home island off the Fiordland coast after going missing for two years. He was found again on the island this week by two Conservation Department rangers after two years off the radar due to a failed transmitter. Is Sirocco the kakapo still alive? Sirocco, New Zealand's superstar kakapo parrot, is alive and well in New Zealand's Fiordland. The conservation 'spokesbird' shot to fame after he got a bit too friendly with a zoologist filming for a documentary.

Med tanke på detta, how long can a kiwi live for?

between 25 and 50 years Kiwi are long-lived, and depending on the species live for between 25 and 50 years. Människor frågar också do gharials still exist? The gharial is listed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN Red List as a result of catastrophic population declines, which have seen the population decline by up to 98% since the 1940s. There are now though to be fewer than 250 adult individuals remaining in the wild.

Where are false gharials found?

Distribution and habitat False gharials are native to Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak, and Indonesia (Sumatra, and Borneo), but were extirpated in Singapore, Vietnam, and Thailand. It is unclear if they remain in Java. Apart from rivers, they inhabit swamps and lakes.

By JoAnn Bliven

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