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1995: Kākāpō population consists of 51 individuals; beginning of the Kakapo Recovery Programme; 1999: Kākāpō removed from Hauturu; 2002: A significant breeding season led to 24 chicks being hatched; 2005: 41 females and 45 males, including four fledglings (3 females and 1 male); kākāpō established on Anchor Island [5]
Sirocco (hatched 23 March 1997) [1] is a kākāpō, a large, flightless, nocturnal parrot, and one of the remaining living individuals numbering only 244 (as of 2024). [2] He achieved individual fame following an incident on the BBC television series Last Chance to See in which he attempted to mate with zoologist Mark Carwardine.
Edgar Rice Burroughs' Pellucidar series featured primitive dinosaur-descended humanoids living in the Hollow Earth called the Horibs or snake-men in his 1929–1930 crossover Tarzan at the Earth's Core. These almost simultaneous inventions originated the modern reptilian humanoid trope.
"The No. 1 takeaway is that this sort of conservation takes a long time," said Andrew Digby, who helped save the kakapo bird from extinction. We helped save the world's 'weirdest bird.' Here's how.
Country / region Average male height Average female height Stature ratio (male to female) Sample population / age range Share of pop. over 18 covered [9] [10] [b] Method
Codfish Island / Whenua Hou is home to southern short-tailed bats, kākā, fernbirds, red-fronted and yellow-crowned parakeet (both referred to as kākāriki), Pacific black ducks and a recently introduced population of mōhua.
Ngariman, Karadjeri quoll-man who killed the Bagadjimbiri and was drowned in revenge; Njirana, Jumu deity and father of Julana; Ungud, snake deity associated with rainbows and the fertility and erections of the tribe's shamans; Wagyl, Noongar snakelike creator being; Wati-kutjara, a pair of western Australian lizard-men
The Snake Men (Masters of The Universe), a line of Masters of the Universe toys; Serpent Men, a fictional race created by Robert E. Howard and appearing in the Cthulhu Mythos; The Snake People, a group of henchmen in The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire; Snake Man, a character in Mega Man 3