I’ve been reading On the Origin of Species and was surprised that even Darwin had noted that species that evolved in segregated environments like New Zealand had less competition, so weren’t as fit. It’s amazing to see how much progress has been made to undo damage done by humans and create environments were species like this can thrive again.
Eh they’re not truly gonna thrive til we manage to convince cunts to keep their bloody cats under control which is a hell of an uphill battle
Haast’s eagle, haast’s eagle, haast’s eagle - dammit!
Huia is the one I’d bring back.
Huia, I just looked it up but I don’t know anything about the bird.
Why would you bring back the huia?
When I was growing up in Dunedin NZ, our butter’s brand name was Huia, and there was a drawing of the bird on the wrapper. So it’s partly nostalgia, but mostly because it was beautiful, and sacred in Māori culture. https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/morningreport/audio/2018657018/the-call-of-the-huia-remembered
I read about it after you mentioned the huia, and I do like the concept of giving it as a gift. That’s cool.
Here’s to the huia
That’s pretty awesome. Hope they reclaim their place.
I think they’re mistaken, it’s a shark actually. I would know because I saw the trailer for the documentary in theaters (Meg 2)
