Between green and olive, the color of the kakapo parrot balances

by time news

2024-09-15 13:00:08

Young kakapos.

DAny way you look at it, kakapo is an anomaly of nature. Its dimensions, first of all. Its size – 60 centimeters long as an adult – places it among the largest parrots in the world. Above all, its weight – up to 4 kilograms – breaks the competition. We must say that he is the only one in this big family who should not steal. On the other hand, with strong legs, the New Zealand horse is capable of covering many kilometers in a day. Or more precisely one night, since during the day, the “parrot owl”, the first name given to it by European explorers, sleeps.

His uniqueness does not end there. Its life expectancy is close to 90 years and some individuals have reached 120 years. The record attributed to the slow basic production is also. His head has an eye disc, again owl-like, and his light blue beak is surrounded by whiskers, real detectors which help him to face himself, down, during his long journeys.

“Moderate Choice”

This shade does not come from any difference in the color in the feathers. The analysis of 168 people made it possible to find exactly the area of ​​the geometry in question. And to conclude that the changes have led to not a chemical but a physical change in the feathers. The difference is obvious in the structure under the electron microscope, but above all it is clearly seen by some predators coming from the sky.

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