Otter Raft@lemmy.ca to aww@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoA kiwi bird that surprised sawmill workers near Whangārei, New Zealandlemmy.ca264582
456A kiwi bird that surprised sawmill workers near Whangārei, New Zealandlemmy.caOtter Raft@lemmy.ca to aww@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago26
Bonus image: Related article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/515565/quite-a-big-creature-kiwi-bird-surprises-sawmill-workers-near-whangarei
Show Contentshalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish171·1 year agoWish we had those running around in America. :( I’m always a little taken aback by how big they are!
Show ContentAgent641@lemmy.worldEnglish8·1 year agoRoadrunners must have been very sad before the invention of roads
Show ContentPumpUpTheJam@lemmy.worldEnglish3·1 year agoOr mountain lions, or coyotes, or… I’ve run out
Show Contentscintilla@lemm.eeEnglish3·1 year agoJust list the different regional names for mountain lions and you have at least 10 more.
Show Contentchillysniffles@lemmy.worldEnglish5·1 year agoThat is a Kiwi. That’s where the word comes from, it’s the Maori name for that bird. The fruit was named after it and is strictly called “kiwi fruit” in NZ.
Show ContentZachariah@lemmy.worldEnglish51·1 year agoat least the person in the photo isn’t also a kiwi that would be confusing
Wish we had those running around in America. :( I’m always a little taken aback by how big they are!
Southwest gets roadrunners. They’re fun.
Roadrunners must have been very sad before the invention of roads
Americans would have already eaten all of them
Or mountain lions, or coyotes, or… I’ve run out
Just list the different regional names for mountain lions and you have at least 10 more.
need a kiwi for scale
That is a Kiwi. That’s where the word comes from, it’s the Maori name for that bird. The fruit was named after it and is strictly called “kiwi fruit” in NZ.
at least the person in the photo isn’t also a kiwi
that would be confusing
I hate to be the one to break it to you, but…