CraigOhMyEggo@lemmy.mlBanned to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 11 months agoWhat's the rarest animal you've seen in person?message-squaremessage-square44linkfedilinkarrow-up145arrow-down11
arrow-up144arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the rarest animal you've seen in person?CraigOhMyEggo@lemmy.mlBanned to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 11 months agomessage-square44linkfedilink
minus-squareJoyfulCodingGuy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up9·11 months agoProbably a Takahē in New Zealand but in captivity.
minus-squareabsGeekNZ@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoIn the wild I’ve seen kiwi, kea, Kākā. I took a trip to mana island in the late 90’s, the kiwi were just wandering around during the day… I’ve never seen the takahē.
minus-squareMrsDoyle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoI saw takahē in captivity too, in Zealandia. You can sort of see why they almost went extinct - their big defence move is to sit reeeeally still. Big silly chooks. https://www.visitzealandia.com/About/Wildlife/Birds https://www.doc.govt.nz/our-work/takahe-recovery-programme/
Probably a Takahē in New Zealand but in captivity.
In the wild I’ve seen kiwi, kea, Kākā. I took a trip to mana island in the late 90’s, the kiwi were just wandering around during the day…
I’ve never seen the takahē.
I saw takahē in captivity too, in Zealandia. You can sort of see why they almost went extinct - their big defence move is to sit reeeeally still. Big silly chooks.
https://www.visitzealandia.com/About/Wildlife/Birds
https://www.doc.govt.nz/our-work/takahe-recovery-programme/