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Extinction Week Recap

10,000 Birds

And some of the extinctions were of small animals, like the many dwarf goats and elephants in the Mediterranean. As climates are transformed, habitats plundered, and nonnative fauna carried to virgin hunting grounds, extinction rates are increasing. The Mysterious Starling – “Killed Hopping About in a Tree”. Comebackers.

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Mega Rarity Tour of New Zealand – Extinction Special

10,000 Birds

This fish hunting duck ranges from the northern tip of New Zealand to the sub-Antarctic Auckland Islands (after which it was first named) but is common nowhere. Here we find two of the most interesting members of the family, the Crested Moa , unique of course for the shaggy crest on its head, and the mountain-goat-like Upland Moa.