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Bloomer time, nerds: Comment something good that happened this week. It can be something that happened to you or just some good news you've heard. (hexbear.net)
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My contribution: My health has improved greatly and I'm feeling better than I have in years. Also look at this stupid bird, how can you look at that unsettling face and not feel joy? He's so happy to be a freak. I love him.

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[–] thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Lost kiwi species found in wild after 47 years

Up until now, we believed kiwi pukupuku/little spotted kiwi had gone extinct from mainland New Zealand. Our smallest kiwi is particularly vulnerable to introduced predators, and the last known sighting of a kiwi pukupuku on the mainland was in 1978. In the years since, despite targeted searching, we haven’t found any others.

Then, back in April, I received an email from a hunter we contracted for tahr control in the Adams Wilderness Area on the West Coast. The email included a short, blurry video of a kiwi looking for its next meal in a bed of fallen Dracophyllum leaves.

[–] Dort_Owl@hexbear.net 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

This news just made my day. Love those birds.