Legendary Parrot Who Saved His Species Dead at 80
Photo via AKO AOTEAROA Richard Henry may sound like an oddly dignified name for a bird — but its bearer deserves nothing less. Richard was a highly-endangered Kakapo , a flightless parrot from New Zealand, who is credited by many with single-wingedly saving his species. In the 1970s, researchers believed that the Kakapo had been nearly wiped out and that ext… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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