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Kakapo **// KAKAPO //** //Kakapos are the heaviest parrot in New Zealand//.

//Kakapos are most active at night and live on Codfish Isand. Not all people can just go and visit the Kakapos. If you want to go and see the Kakapos you have to go by plane or helicopter. Planes and helicopters have to land on the beach.//

//Kakapos food is usually rimu in spring.// //If a mother Kakapo has a baby chick and the chick doesn't get anything to// //eat it may died or a team of people will look after//. //There are only 124 Kakapos left. A team of people have made Codfish Island have no rats, cats, stoats, dogs or mice on the island. When the Kakapo is in danger it hides in the bushes and camouflages itself from the danger. A team of people help Codfish Island be a good place for the kakapo.//

//When it is breeding time the male kakaop makes a big booming noise to// //attract the females. Once the male kakapo has stopped the booming noise it makes a cherp.// //Most kakapos have a microchip in their neck.//

//One of the jobs people have to do is weigh the baby kakapo.// //Kakapos love to eat rimu.// //Maroi people used to eat kakapo and use their feathers for cloaks. People also bought animals that killed the kakapo.// //On a kakapo its main colour is green.// //When people come to the island they have to go to a quarantine to check if thay are caring any bugs or stuff that can kill the kakapo.// //Kakapos have a sweet musty smell. The musy smell is made from the feathers// //of the kakapo.// //The bowls that the kakapo makes are very deep and wide.The bowl makes the booming noise echo.// //The kakaop has three homes. The homes of the kakapo are// //Whenua Hou /Codfish Island and// //Anchor// //Island.//