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From: rcb33483@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Kehaar)
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Subject: Re: US Endemic Bird Species (Quiz)
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Date: 11 Sep 90 16:44:08 GMT
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In article <1191@cluster.cs.su.oz.au> andrewt@cluster.cs.su.oz (Andrew Taylor) writes:
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>The Heath Hen was a subspecies. Was the Carolina Parakeet a US endemic?

Yes, it was--I believe it was the only parrot on the planet that was endemic to
an area with a termperate clime.  I KNOW it was the only parrot endemic to N.
America.  Until we (mainly orchard owners) hunted that to extinction.

Even up to the present, when an animal species and the human species compete
for a certain resource (such as fruit orchards), 95% of the time the animal
loses.


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