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Kakapos genome on the works!

Postby Pajarita » Sat Apr 02, 2016 10:05 am

I love that we can use science advances to help animals!

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Re: Kakapos genome on the works!

Postby liz » Sat Apr 02, 2016 11:41 am

Since the video of one of these birds mating with a camera man's head I have wondered how they were going to help them.
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Re: Kakapos genome on the works!

Postby Wolf » Wed Apr 06, 2016 7:37 am

I can only hope that it works.
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