Kakapo - The Strangest Parrot in the World

[Donkees]

Sep 30, 2017
The kakapo is a very rare, plump parrot that lives in New Zealand. It's inability to fly and that it's nocturnal make it the strangest parrot in the world.

[GreenWave]

1. Oh no! Only 160 left.

[Donkees]

2. ''It was speculated that cats would have caused the extinction of the kakapo on Stewart Island ...

It was speculated that cats would have caused the extinction of the kakapo on Stewart Island / Rakiura, had the birds not been moved to other islands. The introduction of cats on to Mangere, Herekopare and Raoul Islands caused localised extinctions of bird species.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cats_in_New_Zealand

[GreenWave]

5. I was thinking along the same lines.

That they evolved to be flightless as having no natural predators until humans disingenuously brought them.

[burrowowl]

3. Interesting parrot!

[sinkingfeeling]

4. New Zealand is working hard to save them and Kiwis and

other birds from introduced predators.

[Goonch]

6. 👇👇👇