It’s a miracle!
Almost 25 years after the California condor went extinct in the wild and dwindled to just 27 birds in captivity, North America’s largest flying bird is on the verge of a watershed moment: Its total population is projected to hit 400 this spring, including 200 birds thriving in the wild.
The projections come as curators are reporting a successful hatching season at breeding centers in California and elsewhere.
Scienctist say condors got themselves into this mess by just being Miley condors.
“Condors are doing what they normally do: They feed on marine animal carcasses. But it turns out these marine animals are feeding on DDE, and now the condors are feeding on them, and the shells of their eggs are thin and break.”
[Image via WENN.]
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