Dr Andrew Digby
@takapodigs
Conservation biologist for rare birds 🦜 #kakapo and #takahe scientist with the NZ Dept. of Conservation. Ex-astrophysicist. @digs.bsky.social 🦣 [email protected]
15-08-2015 06:03:33
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#kakapo juvenile Nora-3-B-19 was taken off Whenua Hou today for a CT scan at Central Energy Trust Wildbase Recovery. Purely precautionary at this stage, following the death of Kuihi-3-B. This kākāpō is arguably the most genetically valuable produced this year. #kakapo 2019 #conservation #parrots
@redmarsrising Dr Andrew Digby Central Energy Trust Wildbase Recovery I believe it's because she was conceived by article insemination using rare Fiordland genes from Sirocco.
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Becky Bongos @redmarsrising Dr Andrew Digby Central Energy Trust Wildbase Recovery No,not Sirocco (who does not have Fiordland genes ) but Sinbad, who I believe has one or two distinct genetic variations from his siblings Gulliver and Kuia, making him extra special.
@redmarsrising Becky Bongos Dr Andrew Digby Central Energy Trust Wildbase Recovery Try Jonni Walker's wonderful interactive dataviz on Tableau.com or the kakapo names section of Alison Ballance's kakapo bible 'kakapo rescued from the brink of extinction ' (2018). Both published prior to #kakapo2019