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flightless
(of certain birds and insects) unable to fly


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These range from trapping and poisoning exotic pests to shifting the entire population of an endangered species (such as the flightless kakapo parrots) to offshore islands that have been cleared of predators.
In the case of a flightless condor chick living in a cliff-side cave in the Sespe Condor Sanctuary, biologists think the fire and smoke were too far away to hurt the animal.
The researchers proposed that the tiny, flightless larvae hitch a ride on the male bee and then transfer to a female that he encounters.
 
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