Have you heard of birds without wings? Seeing this, some people will definitely say that without wings, how can it be called a bird? Don't say, there are really no winged birds in the world, or New Zealand's national bird, which only appears in New Zealand, earlier than humans appeared in New Zealand. Its name is kiwi, its call is "keee-weee", also known as kiwi, sandpiper, can not fly.
Kiwi is small, similar to a hen, but looks much fatter than a hen and has a long mouth, making it the only bird in the world with nostrils on its mouth. Its plumage is brown, its legs are strong, it can run about 16 kilometers an hour, and it is faster when it escapes. But if you are angry, Kiwi is also very scary, and can kick another kiwi five feet away, which shows that kiwi is also very strong.
But Kiwi is so funny to run, from the back it looks like a person in an auspicious suit running, and if you look closely, the fat body, running on both feet, always feels very funny. Some people say that they have seen the running posture of the kiwi, only to understand that this is the "walking chicken"!
In fact, kiwi also has wings, but very, very small, only by pulling the feathers apart, looking for themselves, you can see the mini wings, and the fleshy body forms a contrast, and relying on this "not weaned" wings kiwi can not fly, just like no wings, anyway, from the outside can not be seen.
And the most powerful thing is the mouth of the kiwi. Because they are very lazy, 24 hours a day, they have to sleep 20 hours, and the rest of the time, they come out at night to catch insects, fish and shrimp, fruits, etc., which also exercises the kiwi's keen sense of smell and precise positioning of food characteristics.
For example, at night, if the kiwi smells bugs 10 centimeters below the soil, its pointy mouth begins to move, pecking into the dirt and catching the bugs.
In addition to predation, the kiwi's mouth can also be used as a third leg. If the kiwi is tired and wants to rest, it will treat its mouth as a leg, knowing that the triangle is the most stable, then the kiwi is not easy to fall.
It's just that kiwi doesn't have good eyesight, and if there is a fence in front of it, then it doesn't shy away from hitting it, just like a blind person. Isn't there a saying that if you don't hit the south wall, you don't look back, this kiwi hit the fence and sometimes doesn't know how to turn back.
But kiwi has a long lifespan, can have 30 years, is a monogamous bird, is very loyal to love, identifies the bird, follows it for the rest of his life, even if the other party dies, it will be alone. This is something that many birds can't do, such as mandarin ducks.
Don't underestimate kiwi, it's not very big, but the eggs that are born are similar to ostrich eggs, 5 times larger than eggs, that weight is half a kilogram, a third of its own weight. However, they do not lay eggs very frequently, only one or two times a year, and only one or two eggs at a time, so kiwi is very scarce, and it is also a protected animal in New Zealand, and it is also a first-class protected animal in the appendix of the Washington Convention.
Then for the flightless, wingless Kiwi, New Zealand's national bird. What do you think?
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