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Kakapo dung could save endangered plant

04-10-2012 09:28PM

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Adam Khor

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http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/extinction-countdown/2012/10/03/dung-endangered-kakapo-parrots-save-plant/

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#2 04-10-2012 09:50PM

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Pretty ironic when you consider how critically endangered the kakapo is too.

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#3 04-10-2012 11:08PM

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If the fossilised dung contains that much pollen, would that not suggest that the birds were eating the flowers, not pollinating them?
Would be even more ironic if the introduced Kakabo birds pushed the plant into extinction.

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