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When Parakeets Plundered New York

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

CHAPTER

The Monk Parakeet Panic

The monk parakeet was thought to be an agricultural pest in Argentina and other South American countries. The fear was it's going to kill native birds, eat up crops from our crop land,. It's going to cause tons and tons of damage and have really significant agricultural costs," says Ben Affleck. "I love living near them, but no, I would not want to own one"

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