Rare Kakapo With A Name

At 150 days old kakapo chicks are officially added to the population total and given a unique name, until then they are given their mother’s name and a number for birth order laid in the clutch. This chick was known as Lisa-one before officially being given the name Ruapuke by local indigenous Ngai Tahu people.Here he is grown up: It’s sad when a species is so rare we know them all individually but at the same time I love that you can point at this one bird and say oh that’s Ruapuke, his mom sat on him too hard

A close-up photo shows Ruapuke, a green kakapo perched on a tree branch. The joke is that the endangered bird is so rare that people know every individual by name, while its flattened-looking appearance suggests that its mother sat on it too hard. It is used as an absurd reaction image about a strange-looking animal. EN: A close-up photo shows Ruapuke, a green kakapo perched on a tree branch. The joke is that the endangered bird is so rare that people know every individual by name, while its flattened-looking appearance suggests that its mother sat on it too hard. It is used as an absurd reaction image about a strange-looking animal.

• @antichirst / 17231 2024-07-15