Thread: Is that a pukeko or a Takahe Oooops!

Originally Posted by Pointer

You know what? I'm with @Toby. Regardless of what we do now, the damage is done. 250 birds is not a viable population. I hope they stuff those Takahe carcasses so my grandchildren can see what we wasted so much money on. Basic population genetics would tell you that even with an even sex split and the Takehe's generational interval producing a couple of eggs a year means it's buggered anyways. A lot of running around introducing birds from different reserves to maintain diversity only to have it all wiped out by disease

Didn't we get down to just a couple of Robins at one stage? And they have bounced back?

And wasn't it the same with Jersey cows at one time Dundee, and there must be at least a hundred or so of them now aren't there?