norfolk island

This is a rare endemic parrot from Norfolk Island photographed at the Botanical Gardens. There are thought to be only a couple hundred of these birds remaining. Introduced rosellas and starlings compete for nest sites, while rats and cats prey on young birds and eggs.

Here is one of my ultimate, ideal "zoo" ideas. It will never happen, because it would cost hundreds of millions if not billions of dollars and years of legal negotiations to make (and I'm not sure if it's even physically possible), but it would be a true wonder of the world, an artificial...