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Kakapo Kakapo are special.

A kakapo is nocturnal and is the world's heaviest parrot. The kakapo live in Whanua Hou and Fiordland. There are 6 million people in the world and there are only 124 kakapo left in New Zealand. This year 36 eggs hatched and 33 chicks are alive today. 26 of the chicks are being hand raised today. The kakapo are the rarest parrot in the world. There is a special tree called a rimu tree. There is rimu fruit and rimu nuts. When Mrs Coe was a little girl nobody knew about kakapo because people did not spy on them. Kakapo used to live in Stewart Island but they do not live on Stewart Island any more. These are the kakapos predators: cats, dogs, rats and stoats. The kakapo also live on Anchor Island that's safe for the kakapo. The kakapo are native to New Zealand. The kakapo use their strong thighs, beaks and wings.



Some kakapo like the taste of kumara.

Kakapo like the taste of corn juice.



Don't you love kakapo!