Da_Gut1d ago

“I was out there in the evening with him bonking my head. He’s quite heavy. He goes on for a very long time. He grunts the whole time he’s doing it,’ she said.“

Sadly she was head fucked for naught. Sirocco Produced no sperm.

https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/birds/sirocco-kakapo-ejaculation-helmet

#birds #Kakapo #natureConservation #Parrots

“The ejaculation helmet was born.” Researchers built a “hat of condoms” in bid to save world’s heaviest parrot | Discover Wildlife

A video of Sirocco the kākāpō attempting to mate with a human's head has been viewed millions of times – but he's since become a global icon

Discover Wildlife
Chrono Matthias4d ago

The #Kakapo live webcam
at #ChronoMedia info spot :: https://mprove.de/chrono3d?ll=-46.7739,167.64361&q=-46.79618,167.65384&z=13.04&t=76&s=1&i=1

#glasperlenspiel #DouglasAdams @enigma

Show threadAbieMar 20
Soft rimu, but hard rock!
#kakapo
https://youtu.be/qahryZ-YgSA?is=ymTcUlMaYmi8FNlj
the most important video in your life

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Show threadAbieMar 20

if you're curious, Rakiura is feeding her chick live atm!

Edit : Still feeding!
Edit 2 : the chick is full! It just wants to sleep despite Rakiura's attempts to sneak in a few more beakfuls :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfGL7A2YgUY #kakapo #kakapocam

Show threadAbieMar 20
#FridgeUpdate : A record number of 90 chicks have hatched!
That is more than one for each adult female on average, a remarkable number for the slow breeding #kakapo
For comparison, no previous breeding season, even the most heavily managed to induce second clutching, ever reached 60 live chicks!
And there are still a few more eggs waiting to hatch... (possiblly 8?)
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1392634052900503&set=pcb.1392658922898016
Cloud ManulMar 15
How to ruin your productivity this Sunday. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfGL7A2YgUY #kakapo
Kākāpō Cam: Rakiura the kākāpō – 2026 nest

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AbieMar 15
Regardez-moi ces deux petits vieillards égrotants !
(pardon, ces majestueux poussins #kakapo :p)
https://bsky.app/profile/digs.bsky.social/post/3mgz5ze2zds2x
Andrew Digby (@digs.bsky.social)

Transferring 5 #kakapo chicks from Whenua Hou to Anchor this week means that some more two-chick nests were created. With a more reliable food supply, most chicks on Anchor are growing fast - like these in Hine Taumai’s nest. #kakapo2026 #conservation #parrots #birds

Bluesky Social
Cloud ManulMar 14
Good news from NZ #kakapo https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/kakap-chicks-surge-after-rare-berry-bloom/
Kākāpō chicks surge after rare berry bloom

A massive bloom of rimu berries fueled a mating surge among the world’s heaviest (and strangest) parrots

Scientific American
Show threadAbieMar 12
The #kakapo chicks are now sexed by PCR on site in only a few hours!
Sexing used to have to wait until the chicks were big enough to have blood drawn, then sent to the mainland for analysis.
Early sexing is useful to evaluate gain weight (faster in male chicks) but also to prioritize monitoring.
Show threadxvrMar 12

#kakapo Update

Chicks are growing 🐥🐥💚

#birds #birdsofmastodon

https://youtu.be/-p_njqLALdE?is=WI5FsxGn86GzdD3-

Two chicks feeding again - 8 March

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