Meet a Kiwi at Smithsonian National Zoo 

The way you handle them is so different to how New Zealand does it. We keep them inside a very dark room with only a few dim lights for you to see. When you walk inside, you have to be very quiet, if you don't spot the Kiwi then thats too bad lol

Long live the Kiwi -bird..

They’re nocturnal, so why they flip are you taking them out in daylight?

THEY'RE SO CUTE!!!!

It's real kiwi hours

Kiwi's are nocturnal (meaning they come out at night) this program needs to reconfigure itself into a "Night Experience" to minimize the Bird's stress please.

If you handled kiwi in a box like that in the light with your hand waving above it in New Zealand you would probably get a strongly worded letter from the Department of Conversation about inappropriate handling. Kiwi are nocturnal so don’t like bright lights and most birds don’t like people waving hands above them because predators like to go for the head.

It's a pair of drumsticks with a straw...☺️ Too cute

😊 looks cool. I hope these little guys stick around the island though.

It's not the only place in the world to get up close with kiwis

MY PEOPLE SAVE THEM

There is 4 maybe 5 white Kiwis at a Bird Sanctuary in New Zealand (Mt Bruce)and many other breeds of Kiwis. Between a place called Eketahuna and Masterton in the North Island NZ.

You can get a pretty close view of kiwis at the Kiwi House at Auckland Zoo.

So cute!❤❤❤

Bring him home

re: kiwi fruit. after gold was discovered, people came to nz from all around the world. they brought the best plants from their regions. the gooseberry plants the chinese brought were nothing like its present form. it was like a typical smaller gooseberry. but, it loved nz. and in a nation of farmers, they selectively bred and cultivated it, until it produced massive fruit, unrecognisable anywhere in the world. initially, they were exported to the motherland, under the name chinese gooseberry, because that was its nickname. however, when its worldwide potential was discovered, being unique, nz decided we need more credit for MAKING this wonderful product. so they had a naming contest. it was won by a lady who thought it looked like a kiwi bird, minus beak and feet. and hence it began to be marketed around the world as kiwi fruit. in the 1980's, it was grown nowhere else. debate began as to whether plants should be sold to other countries, or not. the politicians decided it could not be grown anywhere else, because the climate doesn't suit it anywhere else. money for nothing, they thought. the best fruit still comes from nz, is exported around the world. but, other countries now grow it, some with farms owned by kiwi companies, to get around transport, different growing seasons, import tariffs, etc.

is anyone wondering how the girl knows so much about the kiwi fruit

0:39 kiwi: henlo :>

Oh beautiful

Yes

Coolest bird in the world! Take it from me ....a New Zealander.

I love them so much. They’re so adorable. I want to cuddle one.

Does Pip have a mate or other Kiwi at the zoo? Just curious:)

Sooo Adorable! I want a kiwi as a pet! so cut!

Is that chick a kiwi herself?

They are nocturnal, this is not kind or sensitive treatment of a rare species.

As a Kiwi I appreciate the fact that you raise awareness about kiwi ❤️

I look kiwis

almost all cutes in our planet is focuses in kiwi - save it and care it is our duty...

I can't hear that song without thinking of that horrible peta game

🥝🥝🥝🥝🥝🥝🥝🥝🥝🥝

Isn’t owning a kiwi in a zoo illegal???

طائر لا ذيل له ولا أجنحة موطنه الأصلي نيوزيلندا..

pou music!

Damn i can't believe they going to extinct because of So much Humans Pressure and Predator they never see before

This music annoys me

Reminds me of a rat

That forehead though

This is nothing shirt of appalling...the keepers at Smithsonian should know better than to treat a Kiwi in this way...they are nocturnal and very shy...exposing them to multitudes of people AND in the daylight hours is very unprofessional and will be causing the poor little guy alot of stress.

You shouldn't be putting kiwi in this environment, it's not natural!