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Hope for ‘world’s fattest’ parrot as endangered kakapo have record-breaking breeding season

South China Morning Post
2019 ж. 20 Сәу.
311 573 Рет қаралды
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Scientists in New Zealand are optimistic about the future of the rare kakapo - known as the world’s fattest parrots - after the birds notched up a record-breaking breeding season.
At least 75 kakapo chicks hatched and are expected to survive this year.
Adults of the critically endangered species only mate every two to four years.
Researchers are aware of only 147 adult kakapos in the wild and have been monitoring their movements using radio transmitters attached to their bodies.
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  • My thoughts "it cant be that fat" First scene. The jiggling

    @JMSONE@JMSONE5 жыл бұрын

    • The kakapo is actually attempting to mate with the hand with that jiggling

      @MikhailKalashnikovMiG@MikhailKalashnikovMiG5 жыл бұрын

    • Master Debater That explains why they're on verge of extinction, when you try to mate with anything but the female counterpart.

      @AmongUs-mb4qx@AmongUs-mb4qx5 жыл бұрын

    • This birds raging hormones are like a teenager!!!

      @kurokoro@kurokoro5 жыл бұрын

    • @@AmongUs-mb4qx they're on verge of extinction because of us, humans :))))

      @tolyan_lolyan@tolyan_lolyan5 жыл бұрын

    • @@WalWanderer best comment!! LOL

      @carmenradk6992@carmenradk69925 жыл бұрын

  • So so bizarrely cute ! It's like owl x kiwi x parrot x chicken !!

    @armchairwomanmao2922@armchairwomanmao29225 жыл бұрын

    • That sounds lile the superior being lol

      @user-wy3id7op5t@user-wy3id7op5t5 жыл бұрын

    • Perfect way to describe it actually!

      @madasahatter5514@madasahatter55145 жыл бұрын

    • Looks like a tyranosaurus rex

      @timu6609@timu66095 жыл бұрын

    • Mixed with a dodo

      @chelseapeterson35@chelseapeterson355 жыл бұрын

    • Tell this parrot to lose some weight

      @jessiethomas7152@jessiethomas71525 жыл бұрын

  • *Protect the Avacodo Chicken*

    @noodl3mana404@noodl3mana4045 жыл бұрын

    • Thenoodlemana YT Avocado Chicken is a way better name! Let’s start a petition to officially change it

      @UnitedStatesOfDawn@UnitedStatesOfDawn5 жыл бұрын

    • Chickovado

      @yolk5001@yolk50015 жыл бұрын

    • Chicken-va-chaka-juice!

      @blakegrigorian401@blakegrigorian4015 жыл бұрын

    • How tf do you misspell Avocado like that

      @RyosukeTakahashiRX7@RyosukeTakahashiRX75 жыл бұрын

    • 😂

      @helenbuenabonado670@helenbuenabonado6705 жыл бұрын

  • Those kakapoes are so cute.

    @angellicateoh6333@angellicateoh63335 жыл бұрын

    • Ironically it was one the top 3 nominations to become the world's ugliest animal.

      @karmeeleon@karmeeleon5 жыл бұрын

    • Yeah so cute but so few of them left..

      @cyqerprince4357@cyqerprince43572 жыл бұрын

  • Not due to climate change at all. It was due to feral animals such as rats, cats etc. These have been cleaned up now on two islands and they are now doing very well. A truly unique parrot.

    @michael49777@michael497775 жыл бұрын

    • Heard they are doing a major culling and to eliminate all non native species as in rats, and cats. Forgot what year they are so post to finish. Remember they did this to goats too

      @nightstalker5282@nightstalker52825 жыл бұрын

    • For cats i can say yeah that possible, but how they cleaned rats?

      @reieben886@reieben886 Жыл бұрын

    • @@reieben886 poison, traps.

      @michael49777@michael49777 Жыл бұрын

  • Kakapo onle mates in 2-4 year? Ok. This guy is officially my spirit animal

    @bahasainggrisbersamamradi9308@bahasainggrisbersamamradi93085 жыл бұрын

    • Remove the - , and you have MY spirit animal

      @night00glider@night00glider5 жыл бұрын

    • @@night00glider And reverse the 2 and 4 you will get my spirit animal.

      @klw9766@klw97664 жыл бұрын

    • They live up to 90 years

      @mrchurr8016@mrchurr80163 жыл бұрын

    • They mate with anything green and moving, like a bbc cameramen wearing a green t-shirt

      @yashraj66@yashraj66 Жыл бұрын

  • Glad to see and hear one of our native birds thrived a bit this year Edit: They are flightless owl parrots

    @stopbenedict2310@stopbenedict23105 жыл бұрын

  • WE WILL NOT LET THESE BEAUTIFUL CREATURES GO EXTINCT!!!!!!!

    @boots4948@boots49485 жыл бұрын

    • Well said!

      @annien.1727@annien.17274 жыл бұрын

    • I agree with you

      @4_nguyenngocchien435@4_nguyenngocchien4353 жыл бұрын

    • They will mate with literally anything if they can't find a mate

      @DD-kc6hg@DD-kc6hg2 жыл бұрын

    • @@DD-kc6hg NO.. THEY ARE TO CHONKY TO DIE !!

      @Mikeal_Totten@Mikeal_Totten Жыл бұрын

    • YAS!!

      @Mikeal_Totten@Mikeal_Totten Жыл бұрын

  • In the beginning it was literally trying to mate with the hand

    @Abby-ul2hz@Abby-ul2hz5 жыл бұрын

  • a rabbit amongst birds.

    @eouzcuemarz3114@eouzcuemarz31145 жыл бұрын

  • That truffle shuffle in the beginning of the video is definitely on point 😎.

    @ericgracia5635@ericgracia56355 жыл бұрын

  • I love birds. This one, though, has received a special place in my heart. It’s adorable, and I hope their numbers will grow, even though it sounds like it will be slowly. Every time I see a video of these birds, I smile.

    @MegaSnow121@MegaSnow1215 жыл бұрын

  • Hope they will have lots of offsprings

    @RayMak@RayMak5 жыл бұрын

    • Oh hi mak

      @septriyanaputra6269@septriyanaputra6269 Жыл бұрын

  • They are thicc

    @Laura-et3dk@Laura-et3dk5 жыл бұрын

    • Your missing some 'C's in there

      @cesarcambron3232@cesarcambron32325 жыл бұрын

  • Some would say it’s my spirit animal

    @Santasei@Santasei5 жыл бұрын

  • 0:00 me in a fight

    @zaha4193@zaha41935 жыл бұрын

    • Za Ha me going for a run

      @Jetdot37@Jetdot375 жыл бұрын

  • Such a cute, beautiful bird!

    @SuccessforLifester@SuccessforLifester5 жыл бұрын

  • All I can think is when i see this bird.........jiggling its belly and then singing *I am happy, jingle jingle*

    @Mr-Ad-196@Mr-Ad-1965 жыл бұрын

  • The bird is mating in beginning of the video btw

    @mochalatte207@mochalatte2075 жыл бұрын

  • When you feed budgie too much.

    @borntobedeformed7000@borntobedeformed70005 жыл бұрын

    • @@frenne_dilley meh they are bigger and harder to manage, but otherwise fine.

      @borntobedeformed7000@borntobedeformed70005 жыл бұрын

  • The KakapO is my favorite land parrot NZ.. I hope they do not fail at the attempts to keep them from going EXTINCT forever that would be absolutely devastating

    @smee1969@smee19693 жыл бұрын

  • Hopefully they make a comeback from being endangered. The world can’t lose such cuteness.

    @javierc.5837@javierc.58375 жыл бұрын

  • Why is that parrot doing the truffle shuffle?!

    @edwardsanchez3708@edwardsanchez37085 жыл бұрын

  • That's a VERY CHUBBY and CUTE PARROT

    @wiplashw642@wiplashw6425 жыл бұрын

  • When I saw the thumbnail I just thought, "Hey isn't that the one parrot that tried to you know what the person with a green shirt in that one video from 2009?

    @GamingwithNahomy@GamingwithNahomy5 жыл бұрын

  • I can’t get over this animal, it is way too cute!

    @pheniefire1799@pheniefire17995 жыл бұрын

  • Nobody: KZhead recommended: World fattest parrot

    @KoboldAppreciator@KoboldAppreciator5 жыл бұрын

  • I want one! So cute, especially when dancing: flapping his/her wings! Too cute to be in the wild.

    @glynismorris2196@glynismorris21965 жыл бұрын

  • Umm...He wasn't dancing ans shuffle truffling... *ITS FRICCIN HUMPIN XD*

    @silly.MP4@silly.MP45 жыл бұрын

  • How could anyone hurt something so nauseatingly cute???

    @hazelgoodshepherd9315@hazelgoodshepherd93155 жыл бұрын

    • @Zuzu Lemoine Awww! 😣

      @hazelgoodshepherd9315@hazelgoodshepherd93155 жыл бұрын

  • That's a cute birb

    @gerardogonzalez4558@gerardogonzalez45585 жыл бұрын

  • oh, I thought the world's fastest parrot :">

    @zuppazone@zuppazone5 жыл бұрын

    • Quite the opposite 😂

      @camc9225@camc92255 жыл бұрын

    • Me too lol

      @KimKim-oe2mh@KimKim-oe2mh5 жыл бұрын

    • They are not fat just thicc!

      @BoopBobBeep@BoopBobBeep5 жыл бұрын

  • he's adorable!!!

    @roseanastacia308@roseanastacia3085 жыл бұрын

  • So happy they are doing well I love them ^^

    @ErendieI@ErendieI4 жыл бұрын

  • Yaaay Kakapo's!! So glad to hear😊

    @agcarreon9295@agcarreon92953 жыл бұрын

  • 0:10 It's a tiny cloud!

    @markkoetsier6475@markkoetsier64755 жыл бұрын

  • Wow! They are beautiful! I love all animals but birds are my favorite! ❤️💜💚

    @pdmullgirl@pdmullgirl5 жыл бұрын

  • I've never seen one of those before. Adorable 🙂

    @jaimereynolds258@jaimereynolds2585 жыл бұрын

  • I'd be happy to take care of a herd of these!

    @drewhanks2736@drewhanks27365 жыл бұрын

  • Bro why are they so cute😭 the little jiggle in the beginning

    @archive-moved6735@archive-moved67353 жыл бұрын

  • He jiggle cuz he has a phat fluff belly 😁❤️

    @mitaskeledzija6269@mitaskeledzija62695 жыл бұрын

  • What an adorable little creature

    @XcuddleXbearX11@XcuddleXbearX115 жыл бұрын

  • Aye that boy hitting that strong milky rock

    @otfiwouldslaptfouttayou3691@otfiwouldslaptfouttayou36915 жыл бұрын

  • I thought they were guinea pigs with feathers at first.

    @jimins_toyotaae8575@jimins_toyotaae85755 жыл бұрын

  • I’ve been waiting for this news.

    @harms5846@harms58465 жыл бұрын

  • Wow. They're born pudgy. Neat.

    @gilbertotabares8196@gilbertotabares81965 жыл бұрын

  • Let's go New Zealand!

    @Zoran69@Zoran695 жыл бұрын

  • At 0:00 was the kakapo mating with a human hand??

    @roimko@roimko5 жыл бұрын

  • “you are being shagged by a rare parrot!”

    @LOLletsallfreakout@LOLletsallfreakout5 жыл бұрын

  • Give me give me give me!!!!!!!!! So cute!

    @princetimon6733@princetimon67335 жыл бұрын

  • I've always loved these birds ahhh

    @sashiyaki9362@sashiyaki93625 жыл бұрын

  • *BEST RECOMENDATION EVER* !

    @GUATEMAXanimations@GUATEMAXanimations5 жыл бұрын

  • Beautiful little creature 😍

    @Carlos.78@Carlos.785 жыл бұрын

  • They been drinking the bepis, getting much excite and very happ!

    @chriswinspear7965@chriswinspear79655 жыл бұрын

  • These birds are awesome.

    @g.v.m7935@g.v.m79355 жыл бұрын

  • Such an awesome news, Godspeed :)

    @user-sj3fp2xq2m@user-sj3fp2xq2m5 жыл бұрын

  • SO CUTE!!!!!

    @prolo6309@prolo63095 жыл бұрын

  • First scene ; jiggling 2nd: *jiggling in slow motion*

    @ly1295@ly12955 жыл бұрын

  • Duolingo is different in front of a camera

    @theyaoi7808@theyaoi78085 жыл бұрын

  • These r some beautiful creatures. I know when they were only 93. Now increased

    @bharath2292@bharath22925 жыл бұрын

  • Hes not fat, thats a well defined chill bird

    @richardcletus6026@richardcletus60265 жыл бұрын

  • Soooo freakin' adorable! 🤗

    @debiensell4702@debiensell47025 жыл бұрын

  • Oh my gosh the birb is Soo cute😍

    @weebman6996@weebman69965 жыл бұрын

  • Bet the female kokapo's name is Karen

    @calebexmortis620@calebexmortis6205 жыл бұрын

  • It’s so cute it I wish I could hold it on my arms and pet it

    @glitchym751@glitchym7515 жыл бұрын

  • I was so happy hearing this! I’d love for kakapos to come back, but there will need some large rules to keep people away from them. I could see them getting into the pet trade, but it would be easy to get them out, because they are rare and would be pricy, pricy enough for like no one to buy them.

    @kingmon6774@kingmon67745 жыл бұрын

    • We don't need rules to keep them away. If the population grows to proper levels then it'll be fine.

      @scootergrant8683@scootergrant868311 ай бұрын

  • i can't tell how cute and chuncky they are ^w^

    @isas178@isas1785 жыл бұрын

  • haha,hes doing the "truffle shuffle" like that kid from goonies (or some other movie...i dont remember)

    @ShortFuseFighting@ShortFuseFighting5 жыл бұрын

  • In philippines theres a place that endangered animals make more and fastest productivity. In china siberian tiger has a place for productive animal and then they release back to the wild place.

    @joelcustodio9328@joelcustodio93285 жыл бұрын

  • THIS IS SOOO CUTEEEE

    @aminanasra8323@aminanasra83235 жыл бұрын

  • Ah, this is the bird who can't fly and will try to mate with your head!

    @Z4ki12@Z4ki125 жыл бұрын

  • Cuties. Let’s save them.

    @KDrop84@KDrop845 жыл бұрын

  • that person's arm is going to have full of scratches and cuts. those claws are sharp

    @Tantemify@Tantemify5 жыл бұрын

  • I love that. I want one. It is so cute.

    @Taurusboy07@Taurusboy073 жыл бұрын

  • That's a thicc parrot

    @lolyankovic6952@lolyankovic69525 жыл бұрын

  • It’s so CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    @H3ART.U@H3ART.U5 жыл бұрын

  • HE'S DOIN' THE TRUFFLE SHUFFLE!!

    @IgnatianMystic@IgnatianMystic5 жыл бұрын

  • So happy the guys aren't wasting their time with photographer's necks-way better outcome.

    @mijnola-midcityc.3609@mijnola-midcityc.36095 жыл бұрын

  • 0:35 _Some independent women, they are_

    @inmamamoowethrust2987@inmamamoowethrust29875 жыл бұрын

  • Look at that THICC green bean

    @averageyoutubeviewerperson1672@averageyoutubeviewerperson16725 жыл бұрын

  • That's a weird Pokemon

    @vacuumboy6.0@vacuumboy6.05 жыл бұрын

  • *My spirit animal*

    @unduelist5688@unduelist56885 жыл бұрын

  • カカポかわいい💠

    @mofumofu83@mofumofu833 жыл бұрын

  • Real parrot have curves

    @mysteriousbluehat2035@mysteriousbluehat20355 жыл бұрын

  • Must protect these small little kids.

    @keyboardstudio_kh671@keyboardstudio_kh6715 жыл бұрын

  • So when it was sitting on your hand there in the beginning...yeah he was about to blow his load. Though I'm sure you found out. I know this because similar behavior was seen by the BBC when one of their hosts was the fortunate recipient of one birds um....gratification.

    @sebathadah1559@sebathadah15595 жыл бұрын

  • Thats one kawai AF birb

    @affanahmad5932@affanahmad59325 жыл бұрын

  • They're like dodo birds

    @TheLatinoRedneckCowboy@TheLatinoRedneckCowboy5 жыл бұрын

  • He attacc He protecc But most importantly He thicc as hecc

    @CreeperLadMC@CreeperLadMC5 жыл бұрын

  • I want one!!

    @user-cn1xl1cm1l@user-cn1xl1cm1l5 жыл бұрын

  • They're not fat they're cute

    @sinan_1602@sinan_16025 жыл бұрын

  • the first scene is so cute lol

    @moonlightcarnival6913@moonlightcarnival69135 жыл бұрын

  • So, you telling me the kakapoes, they just won't cack?

    @TheOldAmishMan@TheOldAmishMan5 жыл бұрын

  • Kind of looks like a very large brown budgie :P

    @belle369@belle3695 жыл бұрын

  • I love these cute fat avocados ❤

    @minwun@minwun5 жыл бұрын

  • First time seeing this bird here.

    @jadecummings8093@jadecummings80935 жыл бұрын

  • What a cutie.

    @sharonduke5097@sharonduke50975 жыл бұрын

  • I never knew they were known for being the world's fattest parrots until this video.

    @Liuhuayue@Liuhuayue5 жыл бұрын

  • They are not the fattest parrots, they are the heaviest. There is a difference. People who keep saying they are fat, make it sound like if they can lose weight they can fly. No. It doesn't work that way.

    @morningstarghuleh1087@morningstarghuleh10875 жыл бұрын

  • What a unit

    @jlp6864@jlp68645 жыл бұрын
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