{"id":1,"date":"2025-04-21T00:06:59","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T00:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/?p=1"},"modified":"2025-04-29T14:38:59","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T14:38:59","slug":"prehistoric-bird-thought-to-be-extinct-returns-to-new-zealand-wild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/?p=1","title":{"rendered":"Prehistoric Bird Thought to be Extinct Returns to New Zealand Wild"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In a massive and historic conservation success story, eighteen takahe birds have been released into the wilds of a nature reserve on Lake Wakatipu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is hoped to be followed by seven more in October and another 10 in the early months of next year as this rediscovered wonder continues its long road to recovery into the third separate breeding population in the wild.<br>The automobile was still a novel sight in London when the takahe was declared extinct.<br>This iridescent flightless bird symbolizes New Zealand\u2019s unique prehistoric past. However, it evolved on an island without mammals, and with their invasive introduction came what might have been the bird\u2019s ultimate demise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/4df537fc995e39f96ec356d87fd597d2da9d704b\/0_156_4083_2450\/master\/4083.jpg?width=1200&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=dea8866730bd8f62bf72ed15601c8a17\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>However, they were rediscovered after the Second World War, and ever since, conservationists have been taking a proactive approach to ensuring their survival. Eggs located in the wild are taken into care centers to protect them from thieves like stoats, ferrets, and rats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Takahe\u0304 Herding\" width=\"735\" height=\"413\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o66kWucUPZw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Conservationists raised chicks in breeding centers using sock puppets shaped like adult takahe heads, an invaluable technique that eventually gave way to breeding in specially controlled environments.<br>Trapping the invasive predators has also been an incredibly important contribution to the animal\u2019s steady growth in population of around 8% per annum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On New Zealand\u2019s South Island, Lake Wakatipu is the island nation\u2019s longest, snaking through the Waim\u00e3ori Valley for 50 miles. The surrounding environment of alpine slopes is perfect for the one-and-a-half-foot bird.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Takah\u0113 bird continues its journey of recovery with release into New Zealand tribal lands\" width=\"735\" height=\"413\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gELALOTjcVQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re almost prehistoric looking,\u201d says T\u00famai Cassidy, of the Ng\u00e3i Tahu indigenous group who steward the land around Lake Wakatipu. \u201cVery broad and bold.\u201d<br>He says that from the front they appear perfectly spherical, like a miniature Earth mounted on a pair of orange legs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beautyofplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/aq-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Takahe: A New Zealand Bird Back from the Brink of Extinction #takahe #birds #wildanimals #asgeowild\" width=\"735\" height=\"413\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k1VEfROMadU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a massive and historic conservation success story, eighteen takahe birds have been released into the wilds of a nature reserve on Lake Wakatipu. 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