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@ScienceDesk@flipboard.social  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago

The manumea is a rare chicken-sized bird and close relative of the dodos. It lives only on two Samoan islands and was recently spotted for the first time in five years, giving conservationists hope it can be saved from extinction. Read more from @Smithsonianmag:

https://flip.it/6XLH0U

#Science #Animals #Birds #Ornithology #Extinction #Samoa

Smithsonian Magazine

Elusive, Critically Endangered Bird—and One of the Closest Living Relatives of Dodos—Was Spotted for the First Time in Five Years

Conservationists are racing to save the manumea, a chicken-sized bird that lives only on two Samoan islands, from extinction
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