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Resurrection

10,000 Birds

Setting aside the feasibility of extracting DNA from specimens and fossils, and finding a suitable similar species to donate an egg, there is much debate on whether we should bring back those species we’ve lost. The wasp that Daemon used is Certonotus fractinervis , lays its eggs on larvae of beetles. Is extinction forever?

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Combined Beats’ List, May 2016

10,000 Birds

Dragan continues to be teacher’s pet simply by sharing as he goes. Big Egg Marsh. New Zealand Scaup – Aythya novaeseelandiae. New Zealand Grebe – Poliocephalus rufopectus. New Zealand King Shag – Phalacrocorax carunculatus. New Zealand Pigeon – Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae.

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