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[Shapur]

This has got to be one of the funniest things I have ever seen.
Check out the Kakapo's happy face at 1.06

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T1vfsHYiKY

(*edit to add time)

[aboxofchocolates]

definitely in the funniest things category.

[Rusty Shackleford]

[.38 Special]

Now that's funny.

And no small wonder they're rare. Zero fear of humans. Quite the contrary, it's infatuated with them.

[OneWayTraffic]

Humans are not the risk anymore. It's cats, stoats, ferrets and what have you.

There's roughly 100 left up from quite a bit less than that a few years ago. They're rather intensively managed and put on pest free off shore islands for the most part. It's quite likely, if not certain that that particular bird has had contact with humans before as part of the management process.

New Zealand doesn't really have a proper bird fauna anymore, rather the wreckage of one. We're trying hard to preserve what's left and undo the damage caused by the early settlers and the early Maori.

Most of the endangered birds are on offshore islands. Some others are still present in reduced numbers in the wild. I've had a wild bush robin perch on my boots when taking a rest break in the bush. Never seen a kiwi and not likely to. Wild wood pigeons are beautiful and one of the few endangered birds still hunted by the odd Maori (illegally.) Extinction of the wood pigeon would spell disaster for quite a few species of tree as it's the only remaining species with a bill large enough to swallow the fruit and disperse the seed.

A few species like the fantail, tui, bellbird and paradise shelduck (actually a small goose) have done quite well from all the changes in New Zealand's ecosystem. It's even quite legal to hunt the paradise duck in duckshooting season from early May to July.

[DWAEJIMORIGUKBAP]

[proustme]

It didn't strike me as funny.

[blackjack]

[blackjack]

The black robin (also a NZ bird) was down to 1 female and 5 males, population has increased a lot since then tho