Shagged by a Rare Parrot

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Shagged by a rare parrot - Last Chance To See - BBC Two
BBC

Published on Sep 29, 2009

http://www.bbc.co.uk/lastchancetosee

Stephen Fry and zoologist Mark Carwardine head to the ends of the earth in search of animals on the edge of extinction.

In New Zealand the travellers make their way through one of the most dramatic landscapes in the world. They are on a journey to find the last remaining kakapo, a fat, flightless parrot which, when threatened with attack, adopts a strategy of standing very still indeed.

From https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/102033870/the-kkp-ejaculation-helmet-and-efforts-to-save-the-bird-population

The kākāpō ejaculation helmet and efforts to save the bird population


TE PAPA | A kākāpō ejaculation helmet.

It's the story of a bird alone. A good keen bird, you might say, just not keen enough on the right things.

Sirocco the kākāpō became a star in 2009 when he tried to mate with zoologist Mark Carwardine, who was filming a BBC documentary with British actor Stephen Fry.

Sadly, this has been typical of Sirocco's tastes and he hasn't been terribly successful mating with his own kind.

As the folk at the Kākāpō Recovery Programme have written: "The call of the wild wasn't so loud for Sirocco. It soon became apparent that, as a result of the intensive hand-raising and lack of kākāpō company, he had been imprinted on humans."

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More at link.

Also, from a 2016 BBC article,
Baby Boom for World's Rest Parrot
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160715-baby-boom-for-worlds-rarest-parrot

"Kakapos are world-famous for their bizarre appearance, and their rarity. With a global population of merely 123 adults, a bumper breeding season looks set to increase their population by nearly a third"

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