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Worth noting as well is the involvement of Douglas Adams in the whole affair.

The documentary linked in that clip is called “Last Chance to See” and is an outgrowth of an earlier collaboration between Adams and the BBC, which also included a book by Adams that I highly recommend. The Kakapo is a prominent character.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Chance_to_See

That clip never gets old, Sirocco (the birds name) sure has some attitude.

“Gee, I wonder why they’re going extinct.”

“Ah, that’s why.”

Nothing wrong with a few false positives from the males, evolutionarily speaking! I'd say the species that's in trouble is the one whose males HAVEN'T tried copulating with some other species or inanimate object.