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Kakapo  = Kakapo = The Kakapo is a native, nocturnal parrot in New Zealand. The kakapo's habitat is Whena Hou, and another name for it is Codfish Island. Whenua Hou is on the west coast of Stewart Island, that is the bottom of the South Island. The Kakapo is special because they are only found in New Zealand and there are only 124 Kakapo left. Kakapo eat hard nuts, seed, ferns and roots. Sometimes kakapo get fed by people, because there are not enough mothers to look after them and feed them. They are special because they eat rimu friut, and most birds don't eat rimu fruit. They need lots of rimu fruit to not starve, and if there is not enough for all the kakapo, they hand feed them. Also they are special because they are the heaviest parrot in the world! Also they can't fly and so they don't have to fly up to the trees from pests. Their predators are cats, dogs, wild cats, stoats and Paffics rats. They are endangered and the Whenua Hou nature centre had 32 eggs and 23 chick still left this year! The male attracts the female by making a "booming sound. The female get attracted by the booming. The male make a bowl'' in the shadows in the ground. The female lay two to four eggs after mating in their terrotory.

The kakapo weighs up to 4 kgs. The female does not look after the eggs all the time. The kakapo can live up to 60 years old! In 1977, 200 kakapo were found killed by cats. When the kakapo has just hatched, they look a kind of a red colour and they look cute. Quarantine checks are where you get checked for any diseases so that you don't spread them around. When you are going to Wheuna Hou you need a quarantine check so you don't spread diseases or don't bring predtor to the island. The quarantine rules are: You need to leave all your gear in a rodent proof room. You must stay away from any animals, even kakapo. You must leave everything where you found it. If you don't listen and stay to these rules you won't be allowed to go there again! Before you leave home you need to go to the Invercarvill kakapo centre and do the quarantine check and see if you don't go or do go. There is a thing called a snark. It can spy on the kakapo. There is a camera inside the machine. It is mostly everywhere a kakapo goes but there are three main places where they are. They are at feeding, water and track station. The footage in the camera tell them if: 1. If they are there or not 2. When they are booming 3. When they are making bowls in the ground. 4. When they are having babies. There is a net kit. There is in it: 1. A door chime 2. An eletric blanket 3. A spy camera

There are some people in the Kakapo recovery team. Their names are: 1. Deidre Vercoe. She is the manger of the Kakapo Team. She holds everything together. 2. Ron Moorhouse. He joined the Kakapo team in 2003. He looks after one special kakapo. His name is Sinbad. 3. Daryl Eason. He finds it a real challenge to look after the kakapo. 4. Graeme Elliott. He looks after the nest kit.