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When Parakeets Plundered New York

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

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Introduction

In the 1950s, parakeets were an agricultural pest in Argentina. The Argentines shipped them to America as exotic pets. In 1969 a shipping crate fell apart at JFK airport and hundreds of parakeets escaped. Now streaming on Apple TV Plus.

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