Kakapo - owl parrot, like a puppy

New Zealanders are desperately trying to save the species from vymiraniya



Kakapo - one of the most unique in the world of birds. If you are lucky to meet at least one, this event will remain in your memory for a lifetime.

Kakapo looks like an owl, not gray, but bright as a parrot. She has a distinctive musty smell. Kakapo fairly large - it is the heaviest parrot in the world that can not fly, but it has large wings. It is said that the habits of kakapo resemble a puppy.





Despite the fact that kakapo can not fly, they can walk, jump and climb on the rocks beautifully. They can cry like normal birds, but do produce other sounds more like the roar of a donkey or a pig squealing. In its "repertoire" is also a bow metallic sound, which sounds something like "rank-and-n».

What else makes the kakapo unique? This long-lived birds with an average live kakapo for 90 years. More is the only species of parrots that tokuyut, in other words, the males gather together and compete with each other to attract the attention of females, much like the black grouse.





The world has less than 150 individuals kakapo, they all live in New Zealand, on the left the island. View the complete disappearance of close to, but still hope to save these amazing birds still there.

via factroom.ru