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Kea conservation

Postby TheNzJessie » Mon May 23, 2011 3:17 am

since Kea are my favorite native bird i thought i would share this video of kea conservation for anyone on the forum that are interested in them as well :)

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Re: Kea conservation

Postby zazanomore » Mon May 23, 2011 6:22 pm

Such beautiful birds.

You have no idea how lucky you are to live with such amazing wild life.
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Re: Kea conservation

Postby TheNzJessie » Tue May 24, 2011 6:12 am

think its hard keeping our birds entertained, try kea they do these puzzles like its second nature.



here is a 3 part documentary i never get bored of watching, and yes they actually do that to your car. when my cousin went unicycling in the alps he left with just the frame...
here are the links




cant find part 2
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Re: Kea conservation

Postby Pajarita » Tue Sep 26, 2017 11:11 am

They are now using dogs [well, one dog] to find their nests so as to monitor their situation - is that cool or what?! The video shows beautiful landscapes and although it was hard for me to understand what the guy was saying because of my hearing problem, just looking at it was great!

http://video.nationalgeographic.com/vid ... turedvideo
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Re: Kea conservation

Postby Pajarita » Tue Mar 17, 2020 9:52 am

They are too curious for their own good!

https://www.msn.com/en-nz/lifestyle/lif ... r-BB11dIBl
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Re: Kea conservation

Postby Pajarita » Sat Oct 24, 2020 10:53 am

They could learn to detect 1080 poison:

https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/national ... r-BB19YZXx
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