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With its tiny wings and fur-like feathers, the North Island brown kiwi looks more like a mammal. Scientists at the Smithsonian Conservation and Biology Institute in Virginia are studying this odd bird-considered vulnerable in the wild-to improve zoo habitat and better care for kiwi chicks and adults.
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@josharts4757 2 года назад

The simple fact that it is called a Kiwi is already cute.

@Jyoo609 Год назад

The fruit is named after the bird

@Jyoo609 Год назад

@@yashshah3484 no the country is called either New Zealand or Aotearoa. The bird symbolically can represent NZ. The country is never called Kiwi, the people are sometimes called Kiwis, but that too comes from the bird due to their soldiers in WWI having it on their uniforms. The name came from the bird first.

@yashshah3484 Год назад

@@Jyoo609 ok i take back my comment.

@lemondude530 Год назад

@@Jyoo609 ye

@maieldmik5233 Год назад

I'm a kiwi and I'm not cute......in fact mum said that when I fell out of the ugly tree I was hit by every branch on the way down!!!😁🙏🇳🇿

@femoman 7 лет назад

Kiwis are basically the perfect example of a birb.

@ganaraminukshuk0 7 лет назад

Glockel *birb

@draemcewen1933 6 лет назад

*bread

@ansh6370 6 лет назад

Brid*

@icyou3849 6 лет назад

*berb

@initialjeff2476 6 лет назад

Bible* yall need jesus

@Filipe6090 7 лет назад

Great, now I want to hold a kiwi.

@aa-nd1fk 6 лет назад

same here

@RebeckaSarkozy 5 лет назад

same!

@davineo. 5 лет назад

It would probably feel like a fuzzy basketball that chirps

@davineo. 5 лет назад

@@-rainbow-7921 no theyre not

@bevwinn1369 5 лет назад

@@-rainbow-7921 definitely not extinct. We have them virtually in our back yard. Unfortunately we also have stoats, feral cats, wild pigs and sometimes uncontrolled pet dogs.

@sarahwisniewski7818 5 лет назад

They are so cute! I love when they are safe, warm, and protected.

@rikiblundell8696 10 лет назад

im from New Zealand. the only place you can see these in the wild is on a few islands off the mainland were they have eradicated pest's (rats/stoats/feral cats and possums) otherwise they are all in zoo's. they are nocturnal so you never see them during the day (this one is telling you to fark off cause it wants to sleep) they have poor eyesight and use the large whiskers to forage for food. definitely not extinct but on their way. Small Brown kiwi is a lot more rare which is why you never find them outside of NZ

@glensomething2800 4 года назад

@Milk yee they still surviving, just

@superfessel 4 года назад

They're in regional parks like Shakespeare Park, so not just zoos

@lukeburtenshaw3559 3 года назад

Lol im also from nz and was like bruh this guy must be stressed cause of the light

@TheMADC999 3 года назад

Really? What's the purpose of those road signs warning drivers about Kiwi birds on the road?

@lucascottle2345 3 года назад

@@TheMADC999 this dudes information is in correct, they're found on the mainland and their numbers are slowly improving.

@SerreNameless 9 лет назад

I'm eating a kiwi fruit, and got bored so i looked up kiwi videos and here i am.

@tonyppe 9 лет назад

SerreNameless I was discussing a citizenship ceremony with a friend and at his ceremony was a New Zealand guy with a large fur coat (don't know why). I joked and said it must have taken thousands of kiwis to make it. And having never seen a kiwi, hear I am.

@isaic7398 8 лет назад

+SerreNameless cool story bro

@XerosXIII 8 лет назад

+SerreNameless you monster! D:

@garnethusky911 8 лет назад

+SerreNameless I'm sad because I'm allergic to kiwi fruits. :(

@stfuplsok 8 лет назад

+DMG02 ..try the kiwi birds.

@axe863 10 лет назад

Is this the bird that gives birth to kiwi fruit?

@rahmatiTV 10 лет назад

kiwi fruit are actually eggs

@MuhammadEgypt 10 лет назад

hahaha

@mitchellwilliams1870 10 лет назад

Vicariously Through Kay wtf bro lol , where did you learn that bullshit from??

@rahmatiTV 10 лет назад

It was a joke bro

@vishee2906 10 лет назад

YES.... KIWI FRUIT IS THE TURD OF THE KIWI BIRD.

@DorkyGirl 10 лет назад

This is one of the cutest birds I have ever seen!

@-Zikade- 8 лет назад

Such a beautiful animal. Saw one IRL when visiting a zoo in New Zealand. Though I was annoyed by all the stupid people there. It was a darkened room with many signs encouraging us NOT to use the camera flash, yet pretty much everyone else except me and my friend did.

@sharki9876 8 лет назад

lol no they're pretty ugly

@TrueTreeRadioNetwork 7 лет назад

I say shit to people when I see that at zoos. I'll fucking tell them "Don't do that" and they always stop. They assume I have some authority because of the firmness with which I say it. People make me sick.

@sharki9876 7 лет назад

TrueTreeRadio yeah you're a real hero

@sharki9876 7 лет назад

TrueTreeRadio wow check mate

@sinatraoce5339 7 лет назад

they are almost extinct

@TheMADC999 7 лет назад

came here to recover from the sad kiwi video :(

@sergilazi9179 7 лет назад

OMG same

@kingspear9331 7 лет назад

Sane here too

@MvrEmma 7 лет назад

Ma Cas we also!!

@kel9427 7 лет назад

Ma Cas me too! 😢😭

@gracehod08 7 лет назад

Ma Cas Omg, same

@FrenchToastLuver 8 лет назад

Kiwis are super cute~

@jzubs 8 лет назад

Thanks

@ronbrewer7196 8 лет назад

+Kiwi savage

@SiliconBong 8 лет назад

You're too kind :)

@TR4R 6 лет назад

I'm craving to hug one!!!

@AliyahHannahARemoroza 4 года назад

Kiwis, axolotls, and platypuses are all cute hahaha

@Rain.maker. 7 лет назад

Stop kiwi abuse

@Benjamin-uv7op 6 лет назад

Rycington Clarke there is no kiwi abuse

@littlemissprettybird 5 лет назад

DankWaffles Gaming if there is then we need to stop it.

@yourfirstandlast2833 5 лет назад

We dont abuse kiwis,Theyre just fragile to predators

@stormdodunski2386 4 года назад

it's too late, British already took foreign pests to New Zealand hundreds of years ago hahaha

@sebastianbakkeplass749 4 года назад

aboose

@Target_Rose 3 года назад

Literally 6 seconds in and I started to tear up from its cuteness. I love kiwi birds so much ;^;

@AthenasKiss 10 лет назад

oh my god they are adorable

@ItchyKneeSon 10 лет назад

True. They should replace all of the chihuahuas being carried to class in a bag by sorority girls in Amuricuh.

@ItchyKneeSon 10 лет назад

kingjappyjoe420 You must sell doggy tote bags... Foh-twenny, son!!!

@TheStarkman123 10 лет назад

kingjappyjoe420 Come on. Chihuahuas are... slightly annoying dogs. But Kiwis... :3

@RipGab-br3pc 7 лет назад

AthenasKiss we have already established that :333 ( no mean/ hate just cute joke) ^~^

@iamnotokwithworms 7 лет назад

1:40 Who else had a cuteness attack???

@Obedthian-UK 2 года назад

Not me

@arre888 2 года назад

@TheCinComedy 10 лет назад

Lord, you couldn't give this bird at least 1 wing? Lol

@maxw6494 10 лет назад

they are walkers not flyers.

@Q8Police777 10 лет назад

They have wings lol, small wings.

@axe863 10 лет назад

You think that there exists a being that sends people to eternal damnation for the trivial crime of not believing in him, a disbelief that said being knew with 100% certainty, would occur before he created the person given his omniscience and you complain that said being didnt create a bird with sufficiently large wings.

@LuckyDukeSeven 10 лет назад

axe863 It's great when a half-wit takes a joke and makes it his anti-god soap box for nothing but the own self inflation of his ego. Good job. Speak more often- we need more more pseudo-philosopher hubris in the world.

@axe863 10 лет назад

LuckyDukeSeven Im actually a E{[Y(t)-E(Y(t))]exp(ix*Y(t-j))} wit.

@AlgerianGuy77 Год назад

Please don't let them extinct😭🥝❤️

@russellbrown6888 7 месяцев назад

They're pretty far from extinct. There are 4 species of Kiwi, with 3 being considered "vulnerable" and the 4th being "near threatened". They're well protected by the New Zealand and, barring some truly colossal catastrophe, won't be going extinct within any of our lifetimes.

@Polyfusia 9 лет назад

Aw. Little buddies. I like em'

@RG7621 10 лет назад

Theyre cute and fluffy.

@akaLunacy 10 лет назад

The t-Rex is their distant cousin

@braxxell6431 5 лет назад

literally all birds are the trexes distant cousin. much like the trex, if you chop it in half there will be *K I W I F R U I T*

@HuzzBon 5 лет назад

I love kiwis. Glad they aren't extinct like other awesome birds!

@kaiokenx20_ 2 года назад

why do i always find atleast 5 jojo fans in any kind of vid

@hayvenforpeace 2 года назад

Sadly they will probably be extinct soon, due to introduced predators and human overpopulation in New Zealand.

@pawonmbakophie7362 Год назад

This birds is a T-rex decendants

@BigBoiRedFrog Год назад

Yeah!

@adyyy22 10 лет назад

They're so fluffy and cute! Not bizarre at all. Freaking humans.

@andrada9506 6 лет назад

Koloude daddy

@EngelSpiel 6 лет назад

I don't think the terms are necessarily mutually exclusive...

@Flightattendantkanye 5 лет назад

How bizarre, how bizarre

@corvidcorax Год назад

Bro got offended by a bird getting called bizarre 😂

@toadyelite8370 9 лет назад

Guinea Pig + humming bird

@f0otball41 6 лет назад

Lol

@franz_fazb Год назад

saw one for the first time yesterday at Auckland Zoo

@williamhosford2796 Год назад

They are literally some of the coolest creatures on our planet. Totally cuddley bird!!

@irishnicolesanti1203 8 лет назад

So cute 😍😍😍

@jzubs 8 лет назад

@enjigaming11 3 года назад

@@jzubs lmao

@rchuso 10 лет назад

I've only ever seen one in the wild.

@Mr.Obongo 6 лет назад

Rand Huso I’ve never seen any, but I don’t live in New Zealand so...

@illfaptothis333 4 года назад

This is my first time seeing a real one. All my life i thought they were extinct.... but today I randomly really wanted to see one.

@hiwassup6062 7 лет назад

I just love these birds!

@Kiwi-ju1xb 4 года назад

I like these little guys. :>

@Bo_Mia 4 года назад

I never realized how adorable Kiwi are😍

@moshmoshmanvideos8762 9 лет назад

They are so cute, I love them!!!

@allgood6760 Год назад

Nice!.. I am a Kiwi and niow they been recently released into the bush locally.. thanks mate👍🇳🇿

@ashleyh9807 9 лет назад

I love these little guys

@CaptainBones222 Год назад

Do not let Keffals near them

@LeetleBabyGamerGrill 10 лет назад

yay finally a kiwi video

@msprincesss115 10 лет назад

awww, so adorable

@ericsanchez4638 5 лет назад

I first heard about the kiwis in the early 90's while watching the taz-mania show as a kid 😊😊😊😊😊😊

@ej4j4i38wGwgeb8 5 лет назад

I love these lil guys so much! They're adorable!!

@EdmarFull 10 лет назад

Kiwi is not bizarre, it is very cute indeed

@bbtterfly 10 лет назад

Thank you for this video! It was very interesting to see. Even more because I thought the Kiwi did not exist anymore. Right now I am very happy there are still Kiwi's in the world.

@themeow7 7 лет назад

kiwis look so helpless..

@remremkyuun 6 лет назад

They aren't that helpless

@hl93499 5 лет назад

@@remremkyuun They don't have a breastbone so they're really easy to kill. Dogs are responsible for 80% of kiwi deaths, and have caused their lifespan to shorten from 45-60 years to only 15.

@bug2681 5 лет назад

It was so scared when it was in the bin. They cornered it with the camera, at one point you can see it kick at the camera. :/

@BugsRCool499 3 года назад

@@remremkyuun yes they are They are not that fast Their beak cant hurt anything other that insects Their wings are smaller that a bottle cap They are weak When they carey an egg they suffer from every second of it

@BugsRCool499 3 года назад

They cute

@karubasaur7223 6 лет назад

You have to make more of these please

@kokorokoko3009 Год назад

i love kiwis! they are adorable!❤️❤️❤️

@IoWitter 10 лет назад

Awesome - misleadingly gives the impression that native country of the kiwi has done absolutely conservation work on the kiwi, and that he and his are the first to do so. Good on you.

@cheekykent 10 лет назад

that is too damn cute man...... look at it run! :'D

@MarketResearchReading114 10 лет назад

So cool, very cool creature design to learn from em. +1 for trying to keep em going.

@ivandamico93 10 лет назад

Theyre so goofy looking! I love them!

@tillsmackie1886 8 лет назад

So cute, gorgeous

@robee9285 5 лет назад

I was here because of the Happy Kiwi that found his secret food box on subreddit aww

@puffalump76 5 лет назад

Me too..it's on daily dose of internets video😆

@vampirzii 5 лет назад

Me too lmfao

@violathegreat2039 4 года назад

I love the way they just jump around

@rayssadantasbirds106 3 года назад

Kiwi so adorable 😍

@peter320vn 10 лет назад

Kiwi's like the rodent of the bird family.

@maxw6494 10 лет назад

moa.

@LyssLiLi 10 лет назад

nope. pigeons are.

@williamweir1547 9 лет назад

grao mno Seagulls

@bug2681 5 лет назад

Lyndii Mey in NYC we call them rats with wings. We also call the hot dogs dirty water dogs, but that’s unrelated 😅

@APham-bd2ih 10 лет назад

DONT JUMP OFF A CLIFF

@blitzzone4729 9 лет назад

Ohh i saw what u did their u got that from the video kiwi right if not sorry for saying u did :)

@APham-bd2ih 9 лет назад

BlitzZone haha, yeah i did!

@GallowglassVT 6 лет назад

Hope these little dudes keep on keeping on.

@gega27tt 8 лет назад

I love kiwiiiis! since I randomly saw one I loved the furry jumping kiwis!

@slambamcam 6 лет назад

I love the kiwi!!!😭😭Imma be so sad when they are all gone

@laceysamspon1539 3 года назад

Same 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

@kathybrader4882 9 лет назад

Lordzionleader, the Maori did bring rats (the Pacific rat) and a dog species Kuri with them when they came to New Zealand, the dog species is now extinct. The Maori also started the first agricultural farming in NZ which did include burning habitat. This is not a "blame game" but factual information. There is not a single human race on this planet who unintentional have wreck havoc in their environments. It is true that when the Pakeha arrived the import of mammal species great accelerated and of course the decline of native species increased to the loss of all. The Maori did hunt into extinction the different species of Moas. We all the responsibility of saving what we can now.

@kodykthnx1271 10 лет назад

Awww he's soooo cuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuute

@Uwgsu_mobile_account 3 месяца назад

Why did the line “they’re unbird like as far as birds go” make me chuckle?

@Lizsi1812 10 лет назад

They look adorable for me, soooo cute! I would like to have one!

@JubilantJenny123 10 лет назад

WANTTTT

@carlosgillon3761 7 лет назад

Jenny Xu they don't want you tho

@stefanlouisholte7806 3 месяца назад

Outstanding bird...💜

@ozeej2258 6 лет назад

i love these birbs

@revan2100 10 лет назад

Its a damn shame we going to end up killing off everything on this Planet duo to greed :(

@laceysamspon1539 3 года назад

Ikr its so true its sad 😞

@fathergascoigne2450 Год назад

Whos we? It's you guys usa

@revan2100 Год назад

@@fathergascoigne2450 meaning we the human race.

@DebRowley 10 лет назад

It's supposed to be awake at night, not running round in the daylight. I'm a bit sad that our Kiwis are there. Bring them home, they look sad and frightened.

@33y852 10 месяцев назад

the most beautiful little bird!

@twofoots5955 2 года назад

Jesus! How cute can you make a bird! Look at him! Wabbling around with his silly beak!

@DesdemonaHoriona 5 лет назад

i was warching this with my so called "bestfriend" on rabbit and looking at pictures of my favorite animal to exit, aka, kiwi birds. Then she had the audacity to google "kiwi bird DEAD" so i had to block and unfriend her everywhere.

@hajdulili7642 3 года назад

Aww that's so sad. I'm sorry for you

@DesdemonaHoriona 3 года назад

@@hajdulili7642 Yeah... But fun thing: My grandpa got me a small kiwi bird statue

@hajdulili7642 3 года назад

@@DesdemonaHoriona That's so awesome, good for you !! I wish I hafd one too

@hajdulili7642 3 года назад

had*

@Salari786 10 лет назад

MA SHA ALLAH

@user-lp3ou9jx1t 2 месяца назад

Adorable little birds, I hope the best for the kiwi birds as well as the ones that rescue them. Research of endangered species such as this is so important! ❤

@TheKiwiGamingMC 10 лет назад

So adorable... eep!

@ChrissMeliss 10 лет назад

Dodrio?

@codyedward3603 9 лет назад

1:40 - Leave that kiwi alone or I'll bite your fingers off!!! >:( I'm sorry but they're too cute... ;_;

@TranquiLoFi-nx8gw 5 месяцев назад

I LOVE kiwi birds they are super cute I want to go to new Zealand just to see them

@moonsigil Год назад

They are so dinosaur-like. Wow. Such a unique branch of evolution.

@karllaats9728 9 лет назад

0:45 i am pretty sure humans weren't created 700 years ago

@IamJigle 9 лет назад

he meant when humans (apart from the natives) arrived in New Zealand 700 years ago you dumb shit

@karllaats9728 9 лет назад

IamJigle i was just joking, it was meant as a joke

@IamJigle 9 лет назад

karl lääts o. sorry bro

@BadgerCheese94 9 лет назад

IamJigle He means ALL humans. There were no natives there until then.

@FluffyPuff 8 лет назад

they were created around 100,000 years ago idk lol

@vomitingteddy 10 лет назад

Why did you take a kiwi out of NZ??? They belong here

@RedLeader182 9 лет назад

Did you not read the description? Kiwis are considered vulnerable in the wild, They are essentially defenseless. They brought these to the zoo to breed them and raise chicks

@vomitingteddy 9 лет назад

A. i was implying why take them out of the country B.i am well aware of why they need care C. i was asking why they would let another country have one

@darrencoykendall 9 лет назад

Javier Hernandez What's the big deal? As long as they're protecting them and help them breed any responsible facility should have them.

@kidlaborde 9 лет назад

shut up, carlton

@etherallullaby5482 6 лет назад

bitchasshoeism Nature isn't the reason they are dying. We are.

@sebastianbakkeplass749 4 года назад

the cutest birb

@alexisspriesch5491 10 лет назад

Ever sice i watched that Kiwi video I cant even look at kixis without crying!

@jimshimmer123 10 лет назад

I don't think he likes to be filmed or held.... Leave the Kiwi alone....poor thing.

@maccas5528 9 лет назад

i wonder how kiwi stew would taste like

@MsErin45 9 лет назад

im sure it would be nice.

@cerysgibby7542 6 лет назад

DON'T EAT ME

@GallowglassVT 6 лет назад

Flightless birds apparently taste really oily. Still, the Maori used to eat them o it can't be that bad. Would rather leave the little dudes be.

@thunderplunder1013 6 лет назад

A k i w i. But its not vegan.

@spacebirb7934 6 лет назад

YOU. MONSTER!

@dazhonghuang5355 3 года назад

Kiwi bird like mammal, echidna like bird, what an interesting evolution!

@Snowstorm174 3 года назад

They’re so cute 🤩

@emilphoryew9436 10 лет назад

Out with Obama. Kiwi for President!

@chtohama 10 лет назад

Lol man lol

@Coolguysup 10 лет назад

We all know duck is the current president -.- jeez

@PiratCarribean 7 лет назад

Emil Phoryew Trump

@rawanvlogs4465 6 лет назад

Emil Phoryew Ya KIWI FOR PRESIDENT

@cerysgibby7542 6 лет назад

After kiwi is Prime Minister here you WILL NEVER HAVE KIWI

@cortesde1Moumenos 5 лет назад

Lindo pássaro

@Liuhuayue 6 лет назад

I'm impressed to see it during the day, since it's supposed to be sensitive and nocturnal.

@pioneerhex5024 4 года назад

God I love how kiwis shape is and kiwi

@ugraves3 9 месяцев назад

One's of The Most Beautiful Birds in The World 🎉

@Clubs_88 2 года назад

Thanks bro! From NZ!

@knytt Год назад

Oh no the ending breaks my heart. It's so scary for little friend

@okami9012 8 лет назад

How did I find this adorable video

@STAR.GIRLLL15 3 месяца назад

Their so cute when they run😂😂😂❤

@lizard7553 2 года назад

0:06 I didn't know there were kiwis outside of New Zealand.

@user-cb1zs2kt7f 11 месяцев назад

Amazing!!! Beautiful!!! The meaning of my existence!!!! Kiwis please take over the world!!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

@Epsilon11Fox Год назад

How to pick up *round birb* Step 1. Place your hand under the kiwi Step 2. Slowly raise it Step 3. Congrats you have picked up squishy boi Bonus step) Hug it.