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Night parrot cannot see in the dark

Postby Pajarita » Tue Jun 09, 2020 9:42 am

more than any other parrot. A study done on a reconstructed Night Parrot skull shows that their eyes are the same size as any other parrot of a similar size with smaller optic nerves and lobes:

https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-a ... r-parrots/
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Re: Night parrot cannot see in the dark

Postby Pajarita » Wed May 26, 2021 9:22 am

New recordings of critically endangered night parrots music to ears of Kimberley rangers, scientists

https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australi ... NewsSearch
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