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Depending on the Enemy
Endangered macaws dependent on their worst enemy


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By Jeremy Hance
April (Vol. 9, No. 2)

Pizo, M.A. 2008. Conservation puzzle: Endangered hyacinth macaw depends on its nest predator for reproduction. Biological Conservation 141(3):792-796.


In a bizarre biological twist, a new study in the journal Biological Conservation shows that the hyacinth macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) depends on its greatest predator for survival.

Living in Brazil’s Pantanal region, the endangered bird requires a very specific home: a pre-existing hole in the manduvi tree. But such trees are in short supply, making up only about six percent of the Pantanal’s vegetation.





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