| If an animal has feathers, it is a bird; a
feature derived from scales that covered the ancestral reptiles.
Like reptiles, birds lay eggs to reproduce, but are much more involved
in parental care.
Learning how to breed similar but more common
species, such as Hill Mynahs, helps zoos to understand in turn how to breed
endangered Bali Starlings or Rothschild's Mynahs. Zoo bred birds
of this species have been returned to Bali to boost the remnant population.
Last count there were only 37 in the wild. |
Hill
Mynah |
