Kakapo
I got home from doing TalkChat tonight, and I was wondering about something. We regularly talk about animals on our discussion-type radio show, because that's what my roommate and I talk about around the house. We like animals.
So there's this bird called the kakapo that used to live in New Zealand, back before European settlers arrived. It is believed that at first--millions of years ago--they were unremarkable parrots, except for their strangely fragrant odor, but once they migrated to the pristine and predator-free islands of New Zealand, they got a little lazy. By the time humans arrived, first from Polynesia and later from Europe, the kakapo had evolved into a fat, contented and very friendly parrot that could not fly and was soon poached down to very scant numbers.
Part of the problem was the kakapo's peculiar mating habits. The kakapo mates once every couple of years--or tries to, at least. In order to attract females during mating season, male kakapos dig themselves big bowls in the dirt, then sit in these bowls and screech a very low-pitched, booming screech that can be heard for miles in any direction. However, much like the dilemma of the bass car in the crowded parking lot, the females have a hard time finding where exactly the male is booming from because as a matter of basic physics, bass vibrations are hard to localize. To make up for this, a male kakapo will boom up to six hours every night for months on end in the hopes that a female will actually show up at his hole, but this doesn't always happen.
I guess the lesson is that in nature, as in romance, the secret is in being in the right place at the right time. But whatever. I just thought it was a cool bird, and I wanted to be able to find it later. I mean, for years I've been calling it the ack-ack, which itself is my garbled interpretation of the Aye-Aye lemur. But there's supposedly a video that I would like to watch later too, so... lemurs, man. Lemurs.
Posted on Sunday, 13 February 2005 at 01:03 PM about 'Kakapo'.
Umm..
that was informative...thank you, I can now tell fellow mates of the distinct ritual of the kakapo. They will be ecstatic.
Posted on Thursday, 10 March 2005 at 04:41 PM about 'Kakapo'.
Oh...and congrats to your basketball team. I dont usually watch, but its been a good month to watch.
Posted on Wednesday, 31 August 2011 at 04:20 AM about 'Kakapo'.
I do see one way only to make the rss submission site. Just find rss submission directories service, which can make higher traffic to your website.
Posted on Saturday, 3 September 2011 at 01:11 PM about 'Kakapo'.
Good knowledge just about this post. I try the writing services and buy essay or pre written essay about this good topic.
Posted on Monday, 5 September 2011 at 06:16 AM about 'Kakapo'.
It’s the best time to comment that you affected us with your fantastic release related to this good post. Thus, I have to try to accomplish the dissertation thesis follow your research. Or believably, it’s available to determine the dissertation writing service.
Posted on Monday, 5 September 2011 at 09:54 PM about 'Kakapo'.
Are here some social bookmarking professionals who can aid me to increase my online sales? Or probably, someone will suggest some professional bookmarking services with links building stuff of high standards!
Posted on Wednesday, 7 September 2011 at 04:14 AM about 'Kakapo'.
I have got different thoughts that are related with back links, however, I do not know the way to realize them! Maybe, I will turn to the forum profile service. Probable, that will help!
Posted on Tuesday, 6 December 2011 at 07:35 PM about 'Kakapo'.
When you're in not good state and have no money to go out from that point, you will need to take the personal loans. Because it would help you emphatically. I get bank loan every single year and feel myself good because of this.