This Egg Is So Rare That When It Was Crushed, An Entire Team Leapt Into Action. You’ll See Why.

Have you ever heard of a Kakapo? I wouldn’t be surprised if you haven’t. These incredibly rare parrots live in New Zealand. They are large, scholarly-looking birds that you’d just want to cuddle (if they weren’t a wild animal with really, really sharp claws). Their numbers are rapidly dwindling, they are officially a “critically endangered” species. Researchers can count (and list by name) the number of Kakapos left on earth. That’s why when one chick was in danger, an entire group of rescuers leapt into action.

This little gentleman is a Kakapo, also known as the owl parrot.

Kakapos are large, flightless, nocturnal, ground dwelling parrots. And they are on the brink of extinction. There are approximately only 125 individuals alive today.

So when Lisa, the momma bird, accidentally crushed her egg it was vital for her keepers to attempt to save it.

The keepers used a gentle adhesive to hold the egg together, hoping that the membrane inside and the baby Kakapo weren’t damaged.

All they could do was pray and wait.

Then, a miracle! The little Kakapo broke through the shell on February 28th, 2014.

This chick is the first Kakapo hatched in 2014.

Smile for the camera!

The little chick is growing and staying strong. Hopefully, this is just one chick on the road to helping the Kakapo recover.

Kakapos are unique, wonderful birds of New Zealand. Kakapo Recovery is an organization dedicated to saving the critically endangered animal. They work closely with the Kakapo population of Codfish Island in New Zealand to help boost their numbers. This was dramatically illustrated by the phenomenal breeding event of 2002, when 24 chicks were added to the kakapo population in a matter of months and again in 2009 when 33 chicks hatched. Two kakapo staff work on Whenua Hou, and have to put up with an isolated location and the wild weather of New Zealand’s deep south. It has no roads and is reached by light plane or helicopter. The island is a specially-protected nature reserve, and no unauthorised landing is permitted. If you’d like to help the Kakapo, please visit the Kapapo Recovery’s website and donate to their cause. Source: Kakapo Recovery Facebook Share this other others and help the Kakapo stay on earth a little longer.

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9 Reasons Why Having Sex In Space Is Gross

                                            <b>&ldquo;Vaginal wetness could be an issue.&rdquo;</b>                                                         

1. Getting a boner in microgravity is hard.

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Gravity helps our blood flow to the lower parts of our body, so in space, blood rises to your head and chest, Anderson University physicist and astronomer John Millis, Ph.D., told BuzzFeed over email.

You can thank gravity for that stiffy. In microgravity, it would be difficult for enough blood to flow to the penis during an erection, he explains. I bet Sir Isaac Newton never thought of that.

“Male arousal would be more challenging in space, though it could still technically be possible,” said Millis. Unfortunately, NASA has not admitted to studying this touchy subject, he said. Until we get some empirical evidence on space boners, this will remain one of life’s greatest mysteries.

2. It won’t be easy to get a lady boner either.

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Women have the same exact problem. When they’re aroused blood rushes to their genitals, causing the clitoris to swell and lubrication to secrete. Not so much in microgravity, says Millis.

We don’t really know much about female arousal in space, since no one has admitted to studying this officially. “NASA could be easily monitoring this while the astronauts slept,” according to Raymond J. Noonan, Ph.D., in a report published by the The Kinsey Institute. Freaky.

3. Vaginal wetness could be an issue.

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“Vaginal wetness could be an issue as the fluid – like sweat and tears – will tend to pool at the location of secretion in the absence of gravity. This wouldn’t inhibit arousal necessarily, but I imagine it would be uncomfortable/unpleasant,” Millis said.

4. You’ll have a lower libido.

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Testosterone increases your sex drive. But for some reason, male testosterone levels have been seen to fall during their time in space, says Millis.

NASA is unsure why this occurs. But the astronauts’ testosterone levels did return to normal once they came back to Earth, writes Noonan.

5. There’s no porno for American astronauts.

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Although the Russians on the Mir space station allegedly had access to porno in space, said Noonan. Of course.

6. Sex will be tedious and tiring.

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In microgravity, our heart doesn’t have to pump blood so vigorously to the rest of our body, so it shrinks over time, said Millis. Our muscles become weaker (especially our legs) since we don’t use them as much to combat gravity. So our body becomes “lazier,” said Noonan.

This is a problem when you have sex, because your heart rate rapidly increases and you breathe more heavily. If you’re not used to this, your body will become tired very quickly, explains Noonan.

7. You might conceive a deformed alien baby.

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Getting pregnant in space would be an interesting (albeit unethical) experiment, because we have no idea if it’s even possible.

According to Millis, weightlessness could cause a miscarriage or ectopic pregnancy. And the high levels of radiation in space could cause cell deformation and mutation in the fetus.

It’s likely that the bone structure of the fetus would not form correctly in microgravity, says Millis.

“If sex were successful, it is virtually certain that any resulting fetus would not survive the pregnancy,” he said.

8. Your sweat will be gross.

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Sex is naturally hot and sweaty, especially as two bodies press against each other.

In microgravity, sweat doesn’t drip down your body. Instead it clings to your skin and forms pools, Millis said. If you were engaging in some heavy, vigorous sex, then blobs of liquid would be flying all over the place.

“That seems decidedly un-romantic,” he said.

9. Sex will be soooo awkward.

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“Every push or thrust will propel the astronaut in the opposite direction. Imagine a pair of ice skaters standing on fresh ice. If they were to push their hands against one another, they would each shoot backwards away from each other,” said Millis.

“Astronauts would have to be properly anchored, not only to the space station itself, but also to each other. This makes the mechanics of the sex act difficult and probably somewhat awkward,” he said.

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