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        "description": "<p>December 17, 2012\u2014On the Eastern Cape of South Africa, a National Geographic explorer races to save parrots ravaged by a deadly virus.</p>", 
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        "title": "Deadly Virus Pushes Parrots to Brink of Extinction", 
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                    "url": "http://www.nationalgeographic.com/explorers/bios/steve-boyes/", 
                    "name": "More About Steve Boyes and his Work With Parrots"
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                    "url": "http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2012/08/16/africas-most-endangered-parrot-revealed/", 
                    "name": "Africa\u2019s Most Endangered Parrot Revealed Like Never Before"
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        "transcript": "<p>A deadly virus pushes parrots to the brink of extinction.</p><p>Hi I'm Lucie McNeil and this is National Geographic On Assignment\u2014your link to thousands of Nat Geo explorers out in the field.</p><p>Today, we're off to South Africa's Eastern Cape where National Geographic's Steve Boyes fights to save the last remaining Cape Parrots.</p><p>Deforestation has wiped out the parrot's main food source, the fruit of the Yellowwood tree.</p><p>Alternate food sources leave them more susceptible to a devastating beak and feather disease.\u00a0 Now there are as few as 1000 left in the wild.</p><p>Steve's team recovers sick parrots and helps nurse them back to health.</p><p>SOUNDBITE: Steve Boyes: \"We're really excited, we're actually going to do the release now.\"</p><p>For months, Steve's been caring for these recovering birds</p><p>SOUNDBITE: Steve Boyes: \"When I found them, they were in really bad condition. To see them go back\u2014dead birds flying\u2014was a very special thing.\"</p><p>With so few left, the life of every parrot counts.</p><p>That's National Geographic On Assignment\u2014your link to our Explorers.</p>", 
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