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New Zealand is fa
nt For milions of years
is so uniq
jaiwis and other birds ruled New Zealand
bout birds in New Zeal
interesting part of the natural history of New
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Tam Zealand is Rull of green forests. The forests were a perfect hon
the birds.Plenty of food was on or near the ground. They didnt need to fHy to
the top of as tree to ge fruits and insects. In addtion。 the bird8 didmt have
atural enemies so they didn't need to fly from dangeF
As a result。 tightless birds evolved. The kiwi
one of these figbtless birds. TE is about the size ofa
chicken. But its eggs are very large. The kakapo Sa
5 jaind ofparrot bnt it is very big and heavy IE also cant
ly The mda was a giant bird and it did not have wingS
at al ao
Sadly, these unique birds are disappearing. The
moa is now extinct and the kiwi and the kakapo are
endangered. Eeople_brought_cats, dogs。and_other
amimals to New Zealand. For these animals。 the large
and fightdless birds were easy to catch.
The people of New Zealand are workaing-hard_to
save the kiwi and other birds from extinction、 For
erample only 51 kakapo existed in 1955. But now the
number of kakapo is oert90. New Zealanders are
trying hard to maintain this se考半 wonderful
]and ofbirds.
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