Kakapo

Let's talk about birds
Now, one of my favorite examples might just be
The curiously named Kakapo
Kakapo is Maori, from "kaka" meaning parrot
And "po" meaning night
It's the world's heaviest parrot, so heavy in fact
That it cannot fly at all

On the flipside, their pronounced claws
Are useful for climbing trees
Allowing them to ascend all the way to the top
They're curious towards humans and they seem to relate to us
In that Kakapo are not very social with each other

Unfortunately, the Kakapo is critically endangered
Their known population's just 248
It's flightless, has a strong scent, and a habit of freezing when threatened
which causes them to be very easy prey
The Kakapo

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Oh, don't worry, there's more
The Kakapo is the world's only flightless parrot
It grows to be quite large and old, up to 26 inches in height, and 100 years of age
Much like us, it will grow large in more than one dimension
As it tends to accumulate lots of body fat
And the similarities don't stop there
The Kakapo apparently has a distinct musty-sweet odor
And speaking of musty, let's get into how
The Kakapo gets it on

He turns his back to the female, spreading his wings in display
Walking over to her, I've been waiting five years, what do you say
He'll then attempt copulation for 40 long minutes or more
Oh no
Only to go off and bang a rock in case he didn't like what she had in store
What a man
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The Kakapo's critically endangered
Cats are killing half of them every year
No surprise, they're smelly, flightless, and really, really inbred
Not in the sandwich kind of way
But luckily, New Zealanders are trying their very best to help them out
Radio-tracking every single bird
I mean, they're literally flying them into the hospital in helicopters
Delivering their sperm in drones to keep them going
We've got to save the Kakapo

Yeah, the Kakapo
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