Comments on: Hunt For The Last Kakapo

By: DWA

DWA — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:19:25 +0000

Now this is what I like about Cryptomundo.

(Meaty discussions of cryptid evidence, and video-slamming aside.)

Birds like this – and there are, and have been, more such there than anywhere else – were why I went to New Zealand. I knew I wouldn’t see one. But being where they were was what mattered.

Wish I’d been one of those trampers. That mating call is something to hear. To hear it live would be something else entirely.

By: PoeticsOfBigfoot

PoeticsOfBigfoot — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 21:38:12 +0000

Thanks for the story, Loren. I believe Douglas Adams (author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) wrote about them in his book, Last Chance to See. Regrettably, the book was one of his last.

By: nzcryptozoologist

nzcryptozoologist — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 21:06:37 +0000

Another downfall of this species is that it produces a very, very strong musky odor. A scent easily detectable by predators making them an easy target.
That is one method they use to find them, they use specialy trained muzzeled dogs to sniff them out.