Kakapo

Kakapo

Kakapos are very sweet and cute, Some are funny and clumsy.They are lime green coloured and have adorable tiny beaks.

Kakapos are endangered species and they are cared for. The  people that take care of these kakapos squirt food inside the kakapos beak using a tube and syringe, after they stroke the Kakapos beak so it won't get stuck.

Kakapos eat Totara berries, Supplejack berries and Kahikatea berries, they eat berries because they are herbivores.

Male kakapos can grow up to 60 cm and weigh up to 4 kilograms. The females are very small.

The male kakapos  attract the females by puffing their chest and make a deep booming noise. The noise can be heard up to 5 km away.

In taking care of the kakapos, they always wear clean clothes and shoes before touching the kakapos because they might carry any sickness or diseases that might affect the kakapos.

Kakapos can't fly and they are nocturnal like owls.

They are called Kakapo, which means night parrot.

Most kakapos live for 90 years. Some people think that the kakapos are the longest living birds in the world!