On our second day on Maui, we visited Mt. Hale'akala. When we got to the visitor's center the first thing we noticed was a firm admonition against feeding Nēnē.
Later on we saw a Nēnē, and though it looked at us with those watery brown eyes, like all it wanted in life was a tasty snack, we did not feed it.
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Nene is probably vegetarian or gluten free right?
Yes, and they are lactose intolerant too, so no cheesey-puffs.
Is it not theorized that the Ne-ne are a "lost" off-shoot of the Canadian Geese? They do resemble the CG somewhat.
I did not know that. But it appears Wikipedia agrees with you.
I guess it goes to show that if you can fly and float on water, you're going to be a hard species to kill off.
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