Meet the Kākāpō, a large and flightless parrot who looks like an owl
faced, moss covered potatoe
New Zealand voted for the Kākāpō as their bird of the year twice, both in
2008 and 2020. In 2020 it was close competition in spite of voter fraud,
where it was disovered that 1500 votes were cast at around 3am from the
same IP address all for the little spotted kiwi, which marred the
competition and really had people in a flap. The New Zealanders take the
competition seriously and even post poned their general political election
as to not be overshadowed by the birds.
Kākāpō used to live throughout Aotearoa, but today they only survive on
predator free islands. They are slow breeders, they nest on the ground,
and their main defence is to imitate a shrub.
The Kakapo was also embroiled in a selacious sex tape which was broadcast
on the BBC in 2009.
See the video here 😉
