Sirocco the kakapo

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Uploaded by on Oct 1, 2009

This is Sirocco the kakapo in his enclosure on Ulva Island, which is near Stewart Island in New Zealand. The kakapo is critically endangered. Film by Ben Ross. More at independent.co.uk/travel

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  • wasnt this the kakapo that got it on with some dudes head?

  • Rock on, Sirocco.

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  • "least able to fly parrot"

    dunno why but it sounds so much funnier than just "flightless"

  • @Joeisreason That was Mark Carwardine who managed to get his head humped by a giant parrot, yes. It was on 'Last Chance to See' and you can find it on YouTube.

  • I hope these guys make a stand back up. Evolution hasn't called it quits on them just yet. They still have extremely well patterns and color to hide. That, and they are the freakin cutest little dudes I've seen. haha.

  • i don't see anything

  • @MoriyaMug

    Are you sure, you read my whole comment?

  • @imhatepie

    Don't be so childish. They evolved in an environment where the only predator was a giant eagle (now several centuries extinct). There were no mammalian predators until humans showed up and brought them into the environment.

  • @jjkillerbird

    They're meant to survive as much as anything else was. They were getting along just fine until humans showed up and screwed up their entire universe by bringing in mammalian predators.

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  • It sounds a bit harsh, but when you see these parrots, it just seems, as if they weren't meant to survive. I mean... "described as the heaviest, fattest and least able to fly parrot"? That doesn't really sound too promising.

    But well... My personal opinion is, since humans are interferring with nature the whole time, anyways (also humans are a part of nature, so...) it would really be a shame to let those be extinct.

    I mean, they're so... fluffy^^

  • Lol "cleared of predators".

    Turning on easy mode for these things.

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