http://www.metafilter.com/tags/Kakapo Posts tagged with 'Kakapo' at MetaFilter. Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:53:20 -0800 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:53:20 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/85536/Kakapo%2DLove <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T1vfsHYiKY">'You are being shagged by a rare parrot'.</a> Stephen Fry and zoologist Mark Carwardine have been revisiting the animals on the edge of extinction which Douglas Adams described in <i><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/lastchancetosee/">Last Chance to See</a></i>. Here they make the acquaintance of an amorous <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakapo">kakapo</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2009:site.85536 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:53:20 -0800 DouglasAdams Extinction Kakapo Parrots StephenFry homunculus http://www.metafilter.com/16934/ <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1881000/1881359.stm">The number of kakapos in the world has risen by a third</a> recently thanks to a 'bumper brood of chicks'. The kakapo, the worlds rarest parrot, was made famous by Douglas Adams' book <a href=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0345371984/002-2239084-8161647>Last Chance to See</a> and is probably best known for its extravagent <a href=http://www.kakapo.net/en/appearance2.html>mating system</a>. It is nice to see an endangered species doing better, especially one as cute and odd as this one is. tag:metafilter.com,2002:site.16934 Mon, 06 May 2002 11:06:27 -0800 Kakapo Parrots homunculus