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Kakapo ** //KAKAPO// ** Kakapos are a nocturnal parrot, they are the heaviest parrot in the world. They live on Codfish Island and Anchor Island. They are only found in New Zealand. If you want to go there you have to go by plane or helicopter. Kakapo eat plants and rimu fruit, they use their curved beak to crack nuts and seeds. People can only go to Codfish Island if it is low tide. The males and the females are separated. There are only 124 kakapos left in New Zealand. About ten thousand years ago they used to fly. When a male kakapo makes a booming sound it puffs out its chest. Mice, cats, dogs, rats, stoats and maori people used to eat kakapo. The large kakapo are about 4kg. They have strong legs and big feet. Kakapo have large green feathers. They camouflage very well in the forest. People have to go through quarantine in Invercargill to get to Codfish Island because they could have cats, dogs, rats, stoats and mice. Kakapo were moved from Stewart Island to Codfish Island by people, there is water surrounding Codfish Island so animals can't get there. Kakapo can live up to 60 years. Kakapo do booming to attract the female kakapo. Maori people used kakapo feathers for clothes. 80 Kakapo live on Codfish Island the other 44 live on Anchor island. Kakapo have a transmitter on their back. Female kakapo lay 2-4 eggs. Kakapo are red when they are a baby because they didn't have any feathers. People use a snark to spy on kakapo. Male kakapo boom in a bowl, the booming sound echos. Kakapo have a stinky smell from their feathers. The bowls that the male kakapo make are very deep. When the female kakapo is not sitting on her eggs the eggs are on a electric blanket. The electric blanket is made of a whoopee cushion. Kakapo use their wings for balance going down trees. The snark gets the signals from the transmitter.