Endangered New Zealand Bird Caught Fighting ‘at Risk’ Reptile in Rare Footage

Endangered New Zealand bird caught fighting ‘at risk’ reptile in rare footage

Two of New Zealand‘s most rare and beloved animals – a large flightless takahē bird and an ancient tuatara reptile – have been captured chasing and nipping at one another during a bush-floor melee. Nick Fisentzidis, a department of conservation ranger on the pest-free Tiritiri Matangi Island near Auckland, saw the takahē attack the tuatara […]

Two species in New Zealand filmed in full combat Fights are not reserved only for humans. They also happen to animals to arrive at the hands, for several reasons. A land war, a duel to conquer a partner or to establish a certain dominance, to name but a few. But if most of these clashes occur between individuals of the same species, it happens that animals of different species fight between them. This bird, the takahe of the South and this repti…