New Zealand - ib lub teb chaws nrog ib tug tshwj xeeb fauna. Vim lub txav los nyob ze ntawm cov kob fwm tsawg hom - echidnas, platypus, capybaras, Tasmanian dab. Uas muaj tsuas yog ib tug nyob ze noog kiwi, nws yog ib yam ntawm cov cim ntawm New Zealand. Tab sis nyob rau hauv tas li ntawd mus rau nws, New Zealand yog paub flightless lwm inmate nrog ib tug funny npe kakapo los yog plas leeb nkaub.
Qhov no noog yog ua tau nyob rau lub verge ntawm extinction niaj hnub no. Thiab nyob rau tib lub sij hawm nws yog kiag li txawm, nyob rau hauv cov kev phem ntawm nws es loj loj. Plas leeb nkaub yuav ncav cuag ib tug luj ntawm 2-4 kilograms, thiab nws lub cev ntev yog hais txog 60 centimeters. Tsis zoo li lawv cov txheeb ze, nws ua poob lawm lub peev xwm ya. Thaum feem ntau, yog dab tsi ib tug kakapo - qhov no nce nyob rau hauv ib tsob ntoo ceg thiab txoj kev npaj los yeej muaj cia. Tab sis qhov ntev ntawm no nws "sib ntaus" yuav ncav cuag 50 meters. Vim li no, nws lub cev pob txha yog sib txawv heev los ntawm qhov uas tus so yog cov neeg sawv cev ntawm parrots - nws muaj undeveloped tis thiab ib tug tsawg keel. Tab sis cov noog wider plab mog.
Cov congeners plas leeb nkaub - survivor, nws yuav yooj yim kov yeej lub teeb meem ntawm 95 xyoo. Nyob rau hauv tas li ntawd, nws yog ib lub xwb leeb nkaub, nocturnal. Kakapo yav tav su pw ntawm cov thawj perches nyob rau hauv cov ntoo, thiab thaum hmo ntuj pib bypassing nws ib ncig.
Lwm feature, uas muaj ib tug New Zealand plas leeb nkaub - yog nws tsis hnov tsw. Nws yog zoo nkauj heev thiab zoo li tus flavors cov zib ntab, paj thiab beeswax. Nrog kev pab los ntawm tsis hnov tsw ceeb toom kakapo cov txheeb ze ntawm nws lub xub ntiag. Vim li no, cov parrots yog tej zaum raug xa mus rau raws li "natural flavorings."
Yog vim li cas plas leeb nkaub? Yog vim li cas rau qhov no lub npe yog yooj yim. Tsuas yog nyob rau hauv no leeb nkaub muaj ib tug rhiab ntawm lub ntsej muag disk, zoo li ib niag plas "ntsej muag." Zuag qhia tag nrho kakapo zoo li ib tug kev lom zem ntoo khaub lig ntawm ib tug leeb nkaub thiab ib niag plas. Lawv Plumage yog mottled yellowish-ntsuab, them nrog tsaus dub thiab xim av kab txaij. Plaub nyob rau hauv lub tus kheej tsav lawv zoo li miv tus whiskers, thiab ua tib yam muaj nuj nqi ntawm qhov chaw - nyob rau hauv lawv kakapo yog qhia nyob rau hauv qhov chaw. Nyob rau hauv tas li ntawd, lawv yog distinguished los ntawm ib tug loj kaus ncauj thiab luv luv ob txhais ceg nrog disproportionately loj ko taw. Lub kaus ncauj ntawm cov parrots yog tsim los rau kev sib tsoo cov zaub mov, thiab noj kakapo feem ntau nyom thiab txiv hmab txiv ntoo. Lawv noj cov zaub mov txawv, nyob ntawm seb lub sij hawm ntawm lub xyoo lub plas leeb nkaub xaiv tej yam txiv hmab txiv ntoo thiab noob.
Yuav ua li cas yog qhov ua rau ntawm nws lub disappearance? Yog vim li cas xws li ib tug nyob ntsiag to thiab ntxim hlub noog yog nyob rau lub verge ntawm extinction? Nws muab tawm hais tias lub culprit - cov neeg. Ua ntej lub advent ntawm lub chaw uas zoo heev ntawm New Zealand cov neeg tsiv teb los ntawm lub teb chaws kakapo hloov nyob rau hauv lub zos ecosystem yog suab tsis tuaj kawm ntawv muaj puav. Tab sis Europeans sailed lawv ships tau coj mus rau cov kob miv thiab nas. Me txhom sai sai nyob rau hauv tus neeg ntawm kakapo yooj yim prey, vim hais tias cov thawj plas parrots yog tsis ntsib nrog xws li yeeb ncuab. Nyob rau hauv tas li ntawd, lawv cov pejxeem pib ntsws kuj vim lub fact tias cov nas tsuag kawm ua kom tu siab lawv zes, uas yog nyob rau hauv av, ua kom puas lub qe thiab me nyuam qaib. Kakapo yog tam sim no fwm xwb nyob rau hauv lub southwest ntawm lub South Island, thiab lawv cov pej xeem nyob yog tsis yog ntau tshaj li 100 tus neeg. Tab sis cov noog raws li lawv muaj peev xwm mus ua txuas mus rau ib tug neeg, los qhia lawv txoj kev hlub yuav lwv nrog cov dev thiab miv. Cov parrots yuav khaws cia nyob rau hauv tsev, lawv yuav tsum tau ib tug loj tawb. Nyob rau hauv tas li ntawd, los ntawm lub sij hawm rau lub sij hawm koj yuav tau ua ib tug noog ya nws.