| 单词 | kea |
| 例句 | The huge cast includes storm petrels, Australia’s “fire hawks” and the kea, a cheeky New Zealand parrot. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z Most charismatic is the kea, a cheeky New Zealand parrot whose “sweet, funny, squealy warble” may be analogous to human laughter. Birds and Horses and Eels, Oh My! New Books About Animals 2020-08-14T04:00:00Z The kea’s frolicsome nature, for instance, “tells us that neither the capacity to be aware of other minds nor the wish to play with them belongs to humans alone,” she writes. Birds and Horses and Eels, Oh My! New Books About Animals 2020-08-14T04:00:00Z The car-antenna chewing kea, the world’s only alpine parrot, lives here, as do dolphins and seals in large colonies where the fjords end in the Tasman Sea. Wildlife and wilderness galore on New Zealand’s South Island 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z In “The Bird Way,” Jennifer Ackerman takes a detailed look at the lives of birds — including their parenting strategies — like the bowerbird, the cuckoo and the kea. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z Rounding out the top five were the kea, kākāpō and the fantail. Bird of Century: Pūteketeke wins NZ poll after campaign by John Oliver 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z At least one major zoo, at Chester, said it would close while Bristol Zoo said squirrel monkeys, kea parrots and red pandas were being fed frozen ice lollies filled with vegetables, leaves or mealworms. After warmest night, Britain braces for record temperature 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z Bruce is a kea, a species of parrot found only in New Zealand. Bruce Is a Parrot With a Broken Beak. So He Invented a Tool. 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z "The kea and gorillas particularly seem to be missing people, they really enjoy seeing the public," spokesman Nathan Hawke told the Guardian. Animals in zoos 'lonely' without visitors 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z Pepperberg, who worked with the famed parrot Alex for 31 years, says the kea showed “some intuitive understanding, but not … real statistical knowledge.” New Zealand birds show humanlike ability to make predictions 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z The study, published in the journal Nature Communications, reveals how the team trained six male kea to associate black wooden tokens with tasty treats and orange tokens with no reward. Study finds parrots weigh up probabilities to make decisions 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z The vote was intended to raise awareness of the country's endangered wildlife, and organisers Forest and Bird say that there are as few as 3,000-7,000 kea left in the wild. Kea named New Zealand's Bird of the Year 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z This is a severe disability, as kea use their dramatically long and curved upper beaks for preening their feathers to get rid of parasites and to remove dirt and grime. Bruce Is a Parrot With a Broken Beak. So He Invented a Tool. 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z An estimated 150,000 kea were killed from the 1860s onwards due to a government bounty introduced after conflict with sheep farmers. New Zealand bird of the year: playful alpine parrot kea soars to victory 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z This year's competition, which closes on 23 October, sees the kea - the parrot dubbed "clown of the mountains" - well ahead in the voting. NZ Bird of the Year hit by voting scandal 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z According to a new study, kea birds in New Zealand are the first non-mammal known to demonstrate contagious emotion. 17 Great Stories That Have Nothing to Do With Politics 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z In its homeland, the playful kea is called the clown of the mountains. Birds of play demonstrate the infectious power of emotion 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z The kea is the world’s only mountain-dwelling parrot and also one of the most intelligent species of bird known for their playfulness and novelty-seeking nature. New Zealand kea, the world's only alpine parrot, faces extinction 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z Conservationists in New Zealand are sounding the alarm over a drop in the number of the famously inquisitive kea bird. Concern over falling kea numbers in New Zealand - BBC News 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z According to Conservation Minister Nick Smith, the lives of millions of kiwi, kawa and kea birds are at stake. NZ fights 'plague' of stoats and rats 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z Many juvenile kea do not survive their first winter, and to avoid starvation they must be willing and able to eat almost anything they find. Braniac parrots threatened by widespread lead poisoning 2013-01-21T14:45:00.313Z In New Zealand there is a parrot, the kea, that once lived upon honey and fruit, but that now lives upon the sheep, tearing its way down to the kidney fat. Ways of Nature An estimated 150,000 kea were killed from the 1860s onwards thanks to a government bounty introduced after conflict with sheep farmers. New Zealand kea, the world's only alpine parrot, faces extinction 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z Stoats are another major threat, destroying all six kea nests in the area last year with no chicks surviving, Mr Brabyn says. Concern over falling kea numbers in New Zealand - BBC News 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z The kea is pretty to look at, having rich red and green plumage, but it is a cruel bird. Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia “It was surprising to everybody,” says Clio Reid, a kea researcher and PhD student at Massey University. Braniac parrots threatened by widespread lead poisoning 2013-01-21T14:45:00.313Z One of the more beautiful birds is a dull green parrot, the kea. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania The kea, pondering deeply on this abstruse problem, solved it at once with an emphatic affirmative. Science in Arcady Large mirrors, called kea, are worth 10 dollars each. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 Another very interesting group of birds are the large dull colonial parrots of the genus Nestor, called kea or kaka by the natives from their peculiar cries. Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia They asked researchers working in many different kea habitats to collect blood samples from local kea. Braniac parrots threatened by widespread lead poisoning 2013-01-21T14:45:00.313Z The kea darts out of the air, fastens its talons in the side of the267 sheep, and quickly makes a gaping hole into the animal's vitals. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania I need hardly add that the sheep-farmer naturally resents this irregular proceeding, so opposed to all ideals of good grazing, and that the days of the kea are now numbered in New Zealand. Science in Arcady They consist of two classes; the most numerous are the singing men, called Jilli kea, mentioned in a former part of my narrative. Life and Travels of Mungo Park in Central Africa This strategy served the kea well when European settlers started converting kea habitat into sheep ranches in the nineteenth century. Braniac parrots threatened by widespread lead poisoning 2013-01-21T14:45:00.313Z “It’s still within living memory that people thought of kea as evil,” says McInnes. Braniac parrots threatened by widespread lead poisoning 2013-01-21T14:45:00.313Z But the kea is also a wretched pest, for it has learned how to kill sheep since the sheep-herders came to New Zealand. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania And what is odder still, this evil habit has been developed in the kea since the colonization of New Zealand by the English, those most demoralizing of new-comers. Science in Arcady She followed up on the few odd cases of kea lead poisoning by taking blood samples from 12 wild kea, all juvenile males from Aoraki / Mt Cook village. Braniac parrots threatened by widespread lead poisoning 2013-01-21T14:45:00.313Z But it was a different matter altogether for kea that live near humans. Braniac parrots threatened by widespread lead poisoning 2013-01-21T14:45:00.313Z Of course, lead is not the only challenge for the kea, nor even the most severe. Braniac parrots threatened by widespread lead poisoning 2013-01-21T14:45:00.313Z Although the kea are no longer threatened by bounty hunters, their fearless eating habits still get them into trouble. Braniac parrots threatened by widespread lead poisoning 2013-01-21T14:45:00.313Z Before the white man came, in fact, the kea was a mild-mannered fruit-eating or honey-sucking bird. Science in Arcady Whether directly or indirectly, lead does seem to affect kea mortality in the wild. Braniac parrots threatened by widespread lead poisoning 2013-01-21T14:45:00.313Z Over the years, a few kea also turned up with lead poisoning, but it wasn’t thought to be a population-wide threat. Braniac parrots threatened by widespread lead poisoning 2013-01-21T14:45:00.313Z Braniac parrots threatened by widespread lead poisoning New Zealand’s kea* are among the most devastatingly intelligent birds on the planet. Braniac parrots threatened by widespread lead poisoning 2013-01-21T14:45:00.313Z Heavy metal tolerance varies between species, so it is possible that kea are relatively resistant to lead. Braniac parrots threatened by widespread lead poisoning 2013-01-21T14:45:00.313Z In fact, during the research, they observed a disoriented and uncoordinated kea that they suspected might be suffering the effects of lead. Braniac parrots threatened by widespread lead poisoning 2013-01-21T14:45:00.313Z McInnes warns: “With climate change affecting what food is going to be available and when things fruit, I think the kea needs all its wits about it to survive in the modern world.” Braniac parrots threatened by widespread lead poisoning 2013-01-21T14:45:00.313Z Like humans, kea enjoy a relatively long childhood, giving them the time to learn the tricky business of extracting food in the mountains and navigating the highly structured kea social scene. Braniac parrots threatened by widespread lead poisoning 2013-01-21T14:45:00.313Z For instance, animal cognition researchers say kea are as smart as crows at solving mechanical puzzles. Braniac parrots threatened by widespread lead poisoning 2013-01-21T14:45:00.313Z |
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