Monday, 1 August 2022

The Quivering Pheasant

 

The Quivering Grouse is a native of the Kamchatka Peninsula, of Easter Russia.

Specifically, it lives in the volcanic region, where it uses the heat from the lava-flows to stay warm. When capture for western zoos, it quivers (technically, shivers) while awaiting its inevitable death from Hypothermia.

Breeding programmes have been successful when the flocks have been allowed to roam under the reactors of nuclear power station, but that does bring other hazards.

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