Otter Raft@lemmy.ca to aww@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoA kiwi bird that surprised sawmill workers near Whangārei, New Zealandlemmy.ca284582
456A kiwi bird that surprised sawmill workers near Whangārei, New Zealandlemmy.caOtter Raft@lemmy.ca to aww@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months ago28
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.worldEnglish171·3 months agoWish we had those running around in America. :( I’m always a little taken aback by how big they are!
Show ContentAgent641@lemmy.worldEnglish8·3 months agoRoadrunners must have been very sad before the invention of roads
Show Contentthefluffiest@feddit.nlEnglish61·3 months agoAmericans would have already eaten all of them
Show ContentPumpUpTheJam@lemmy.worldEnglish3·3 months agoOr mountain lions, or coyotes, or… I’ve run out
Show Contentscintilla@lemm.eeEnglish3·3 months agoJust list the different regional names for mountain lions and you have at least 10 more.
Show Contentchillysniffles@lemmy.worldEnglish5·3 months 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.worldEnglish51·3 months agoat least the person in the photo isn’t also a kiwi that would be confusing
Show ContentKanadrAllegria@lemmy.caEnglish3·3 months agoI hate to be the one to break it to you, but…
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…