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Life Imitates Python: "Norwegian Blue" of Pet Shop Fame Now Named as Ancestor of Modern Parrots
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—Ace Heh. Am I stupid for never even having wondered about the improbability of a tropical parrot being named the Norwegian blue? Adding to the absurdity was the fact that parrots - being tropical birds - don't come from Scandinavia. Or do they? For now, in a development putting the sketch in a completely different light, it turns out that the Norwegian Blue did exist. Dr David Waterhouse, a fossil expert and Python fan, has found that parrots not only lived in Scandinavia 55million years ago, but probably evolved there before spreading into the southern hemisphere.
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