Deep within the New Zealand forest, the booming thud of the kākāpō’s historic mating ritual sounds extra like a bass speaker than birdsong. What’s extra, it dangers falling silent perpetually.
This sound comes from no bizarre inexperienced fowl. The astonishingly uncommon kākāpō is the world’s heftiest parrot, weighing as much as 8 kilos and dwelling for so long as 90 years regardless of being flightless and virtually blind.
