7/16/2004: Baby kakapo

Undertoad · 07-16-2004, 10:52 AM

Kakapo? Don't use such fowl language!

This is one of the rarest species of parrot, only found in New Zealand, and it sure looks like this may be a case where the babies (as pictured above) are uglier than the adults (as pictured below):

They are in the news because New Zealand is giving turkey vaccines to these birds, because they seem to be having trouble with a disease after having been moved by humans to a new island home. There are so few of them that the sudden deaths of three of them have officials panicky. full story

jaguar · 07-16-2004, 10:58 AM

I think it's pretty...

mmmBoy · 07-16-2004, 12:23 PM

It's even kiwi colored

Rendrago · 07-16-2004, 02:04 PM

Kakapo (strigops habroptilus) is a nocturnal flightless bird that climbs trees. Adult males weigh up to 2.5 kilograms (5.5 pounds) making them the world's biggest parrots -- and with some living for around 100 years, they are among the longest-lived.

Cool, I want one!!!

Cyber Wolf · 07-16-2004, 02:07 PM

The picture on the top is of the baby? That baby bird is the size of a human head!

Nice plumage by the way! Green is nice on a bird.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-16-2004, 05:08 PM

Well, it might be interesting, having a pet that will likely outlive you.

wolf · 07-17-2004, 01:38 AM

one of my friends will one day be determining which of her three children gets the cranky macaw. Actually, I should say the macaw will be determining ...

07-16-2004, 10:52 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	7/16/2004: Baby kakapo Kakapo? Don't use such fowl language! This is one of the rarest species of parrot, only found in New Zealand, and it sure looks like this may be a case where the babies (as pictured above) are uglier than the adults (as pictured below): They are in the news because New Zealand is giving turkey vaccines to these birds, because they seem to be having trouble with a disease after having been moved by humans to a new island home. There are so few of them that the sudden deaths of three of them have officials panicky. full story

07-16-2004, 10:58 AM	#2
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	I think it's pretty... __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

07-16-2004, 02:07 PM	#5
Cyber Wolf As stable as a ring of PU-239 Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: On a huge rock covered in water, highly advanced moss and 7 billion parasites Posts: 1,264	The picture on the top is of the baby? That baby bird is the size of a human head! Nice plumage by the way! Green is nice on a bird. __________________ "I don't see what's so triffic about creating people as people and then getting' upset 'cos they act like people." ~Adam Young, Good Omens "I don't see why it matters what is written. Not when it's about people. It can always be crossed out." ~Adam Young, Good Omens

07-16-2004, 05:08 PM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Well, it might be interesting, having a pet that will likely outlive you. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-17-2004, 01:38 AM	#7
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	one of my friends will one day be determining which of her three children gets the cranky macaw. Actually, I should say the macaw will be determining ... __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

07-16-2004, 12:23 PM	#3
mmmBoy El Queso Grande Join Date: May 2004 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 54	It's even kiwi colored

07-16-2004, 02:04 PM	#4
Rendrago Evil Overlord Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 6	Kakapo (strigops habroptilus) is a nocturnal flightless bird that climbs trees. Adult males weigh up to 2.5 kilograms (5.5 pounds) making them the world's biggest parrots -- and with some living for around 100 years, they are among the longest-lived. Cool, I want one!!!

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