Nicobar Pigeon: The Jewel of the Indian Ocean
She wears a coat of emerald fire and walks with royal silence.
This is the Nicobar pigeon — the last living relative of the extinct dodo.
Her feathers shimmer with secrets of lost islands, reflecting hues no painter could ever tame.
She doesn’t fly far. She doesn’t need to.
The forest watches over her, and she watches back with eyes that remember more than we ever will.
Endangered. Enigmatic. Eternal.
Fun fact: The Nicobar pigeon stores iron-rich rocks in its gizzard to help grind food, giving it that unmistakable heavy-metal glow in its neck feathers.
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