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2 unusual facts about Madagascan Pochard


Madagascan Pochard

The single male then encountered was captured and kept in the Antananarivo Botanical Gardens until its death one year later.

In 2009, a rescue plan involving the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust and the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust removed a batch of ready-to-hatch eggs from a lake-side nest and incubated them in a lab that was set up in a tent by the side of the lake.



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