text stringlengths 4 7.07k | text_hash stringlengths 32 32 | __index_level_0__ int64 1 1.81M |
|---|---|---|
Throughout the Azores , the extratropical remnants of Tanya produced high winds . As a result , extensive property damage occurred , which included destroyed or damaged houses , and sunken boats ; there were also reports of significant damage to agriculture . However , an exact damage toll figure in unknown . In addit... | 8ec19e90306c6aca892de59a5b27d8a8 | 27,640 |
= = Meteorological history = =
| fe82527ae426423900c55a793eed715f | 27,642 |
The origins of Hurricane Tanya were from a tropical wave that moved off the western coast of Africa in the middle of October . The wave closely followed the path of Tropical Storm Sebastien and was unable to develop in the tropical Atlantic as it moved westward . The system did not begin to become organized until Octo... | 83026f62cae9d86cd577bfa3fec7cfb6 | 27,644 |
Immediately after becoming a tropical storm , the movement of Tanya became hindered by a nearby upper @-@ level low , and it quickly turned eastward before virtually stalling early on October 28 . The upper @-@ level low also influenced Tanya in giving it some subtropical characteristics , including a comma @-@ shaped... | dee219966d4f1020a21ba8364d58be2d | 27,645 |
Later on October 29 , while slowly tracking north , Tanya leveled off as a low @-@ end Category 1 hurricane . By the next morning , a cold front to the west forced Tanya to accelerate in a more easterly track . It remained fairly well organized with a distinct eye as it became wedged in a narrow zone of warm air betwe... | fe331188d8e8ce264741dae7fbeefd77 | 27,646 |
= = Impact , naming and records = =
| 9362d3f420bbc22c70051b748de6c1ea | 27,648 |
Hurricane Tanya was not considered a threat to land , as it did not move through the Azores while a tropical cyclone . The Azores were hit very hard by the storm , which had just been declared extratropical when it hit the region . Damage was particularly severe on the islands of Faial , Pico , Terceira and São Jorge ... | a486ffea461ebe1cc3596014f22a827a | 27,650 |
There were many reports of tropical storm @-@ force winds from ships in the north Atlantic . One ship , with the call sign GBSA , encountered Tanya 's winds twice and reported the strongest winds from any ship , 71 mph ( 112 km / h ) .
| 45aedee9378d4557be42cc448b78eb20 | 27,651 |
Hurricane Tanya was the first storm to be designated with a name starting with " T " since naming of Atlantic tropical cyclones began in 1950 .
| 3a0067258ce834462a5715d42c731af9 | 27,652 |
= Sweet Love ( Chris Brown song ) =
| f1f5dea160312df37e88457b193d567e | 27,655 |
" Sweet Love " is a song by American recording artist Chris Brown , taken from his fifth studio album , Fortune ( 2012 ) . It was written by Brown , Cory Marks , Greg Curtis , Jamal " Polow da Don " Jones , Jason " JP " Perry and Tommy Doyle Jr . , while the production was handled by Polow da Don and Perry . The song ... | fad0965f85195b35127a17bc30b8c13a | 27,657 |
" Sweet Love " garnered positive reviews from music critics , who complimented the song 's sexual lyrics . In the United States , it peaked at number 25 on the Hot R & B / Hip @-@ Hop Songs chart , and number 89 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart . The accompanying music video was co @-@ directed by Godfrey Taberez and Br... | 8d308bfe111dbf9b891fdad01e2b38fc | 27,658 |
= = Background and release = =
| deb4ccadb4a86600fa655bc2f9e63622 | 27,660 |
" Sweet Love " was written by Chris Brown , Cory Marks , Greg Curtis , Jamal " Polow da Don " Jones , Jason " JP " Perry and Tommy Doyle Jr . , while the production was handled by Polow da Don and Perry . The audio mixing was completed by Jaycen Joshua , with assistance by Trehy Harris . Curtis played keyboards on the... | f2796369349f38700b2fa9fc69da975e | 27,662 |
= = Composition and lyrics = =
| 163767c3eac1774c73a762eaa8d2b81e | 27,664 |
" Sweet Love " is a slow jam R & B ballad that displays elements of electronic music ; it lasts for a duration of three minutes and 19 seconds long . The instrumentation is provided by a keyboard , synthesizers , percussion and a drum machine . According to Nadeska Alexis of MTV 's Rapfix , Brown sings in a falsetto t... | 9b5440e8dcdbdbfe5cf2793bca5baef8 | 27,666 |
= = Reception = =
| f8d79e3fcb54590ed5efe8209a7826d9 | 27,668 |
" Sweet Love " garnered positive reviews from music critics . Nadeska Alexis of MTV 's Rapfix wrote that Brown " keeps the sexiness at an all time high " with lyrics that " could easily win any girl over " . Contessa Gayles of AOL 's The Boombox described " Sweet Love " as " baby making music " , while Mark Edward Ner... | 8c4626ae4f046f6ccaf5899418c29f1e | 27,670 |
In the United States , " Sweet Love " debuted at number 90 on the Hot R & B / Hip @-@ Hop Songs chart in the issue dated April 14 , 2012 . After spending 12 weeks ascending the chart , " Sweet Love " peaked at number 25 in the issue dated July 7 , 2012 . The song remained on the chart for a total of 15 weeks . On the ... | 06539bb30701ba95f9d2c46381f472f3 | 27,671 |
= = Music video = =
| bb0e955fef2ebdb16deb161be8b43293 | 27,673 |
The accompanying music video for " Sweet Love " was co @-@ directed by Godfrey Taberez and Brown , and filmed on the back lot of Universal Studios in Los Angeles , California . The video was shot from 6 : 00 am to 6 : 00 pm . Twenty models were hired for the shooting of the scenes where they are levitating from their ... | 19c64a06729334ec52edd97f53202f1b | 27,675 |
As the song begins , Brown watches a woman , who appears as a hologram , lying in a bed . This scene is intercut with scenes of Brown singing in front of a flowing backdrop . He then approaches the woman , and together they appear under white bedsheets . Brown is then seen walking down a street , while women are shown... | 660da330795a6746ec3afac60d2791e3 | 27,676 |
Melinda Newman of HitFix called the video " undeniably steamy " . Emily Hewett of the Metro wrote that the video featured " flawless dance moves " from Brown . Robbie Daw of Idolator noted that Brown " makes things real sexy " in the video , but was unsure if " we should be turned on or utterly creeped out " . Jessica... | 78b8df2dab50992e78e29afa96166963 | 27,677 |
= = Track listing = =
| 72495df880382348360bb3e5f3082d84 | 27,679 |
Digital download
| b10e2b6ecfa2259c8b53f2af3e8d752d | 27,681 |
" Sweet Love " – 3 : 19
| e746804795cc9df63a117df301a867fd | 27,682 |
= = Credits and personnel = =
| 8c01737c53763a916f2b3cdc47c769d8 | 27,684 |
Credits adapted from the liner notes for Fortune
| d9703fe97ed7048df4056be1730e090a | 27,686 |
= = Charts = =
| 90f35011b6980d435aa1b79c3f9a1227 | 27,688 |
= = Release history = =
| f568ad47276897279941a886160497d8 | 27,691 |
= Kakapo =
| 331a2cab5c425ff3ea40ca4de2e168d3 | 27,695 |
The kakapo ( Māori : kākāpō or night parrot ) , Strigops habroptilus ( Gray , 1845 ) , also called owl parrot , is a species of large , flightless , nocturnal , ground @-@ dwelling parrot of the super @-@ family Strigopoidea endemic to New Zealand .
| f61ec16332cfafe0852bdceb366c1199 | 27,697 |
It has finely blotched yellow @-@ green plumage , a distinct facial disc of sensory , vibrissa @-@ like feathers , a large grey beak , short legs , large feet , and wings and a tail of relatively short length . A combination of traits make it unique among its kind ; it is the world 's only flightless parrot , the heav... | 33515c7128ecbd1c73ee926dac0b2e35 | 27,698 |
The kakapo is critically endangered ; as of March 2014 , with an additional six from the first hatchings since 2011 , the total known population was only 123 living individuals , as reported by the Kakapo Recovery programme , most of which have been given names . Because of Polynesian and European colonisation and the... | ced262a0f7a3ae3610dbadda0b18d1a8 | 27,699 |
= = Taxonomy , systematics and naming = =
| d02f9df7c79627b89d5762f5841599a6 | 27,701 |
The kakapo was originally described by English ornithologist George Robert Gray in 1845 . The name " kakapo " is the English transliteration of " kākāpō " which is derived from the Māori terms kākā ( " parrot " ) + pō ( " night " ) . Its generic name is derived from the Ancient Greek strix , genitive strigos " owl " ,... | 86717dd95d73ccb9b9dcf70f53d9f341 | 27,703 |
Earlier ornithologists felt that the kakapo might be related to the ground parrots and night parrot of Australia due to their similar colouration , but this is contradicted by recent studies ; rather , the cryptic colour seems to be adaptation to terrestrial habits that evolved twice convergently .
| 3e17b0297dd8a904699ffe99fbaffff2 | 27,704 |
= = Description = =
| 7096d9cc91723f919ab4f5acdab6bccb | 27,706 |
The kakapo is a large , rotund parrot ; the adult can measure from 58 to 64 cm ( 23 to 25 in ) in length , and weight can vary from 0 @.@ 95 to 4 kg ( 2 to 9 lb ) at maturity . Males are larger than females . Twenty @-@ eight males were found to average 2 kg ( 4 @.@ 4 lb ) in one study , and 39 males were found to ave... | 0c8db0c82a0a630e725025baa6108784 | 27,708 |
The upper parts of the kakapo have yellowish moss @-@ green feathers barred or mottled with black or dark brownish grey , blending well with native vegetation . Individuals may have strongly varying degrees of mottling and colour tone and intensity — museum specimens show that some birds had completely yellow colourin... | ae20c4c2e47d535ec653767b87ab04f6 | 27,709 |
The female is easily distinguished from the male : she has a more narrow and less domed head , her beak is narrower and proportionally longer , her cere and nostrils smaller , her legs and feet more slender and pinkish grey , and her tail proportionally longer . While her plumage colour is not very different from that... | 1cc6b8ebaf873a6846f4ebfc4d326611 | 27,710 |
Like many parrots , the kakapo has a variety of calls . As well as the booms ( see below for a recording ) and chings of their mating calls , it will often skraark to announce its location to other birds .
| 632cbfeb06de964edaf9db07ab32285d | 27,711 |
The kakapo has a well @-@ developed sense of smell , which complements its nocturnal lifestyle . It can discriminate among odours while foraging , a behaviour reported for only one other parrot species . One of the most striking characteristics of the kakapo is its pleasant and powerful odour , which has been describe... | b54341cbd7037bfa3f02d62e704528dd | 27,712 |
= = = Anatomy = = =
| b0fb3dcc140f46c58a61de06caadb6f3 | 27,714 |
The skeleton of the kakapo differs from other parrots in several features associated with flightlessness . Firstly , it has the smallest relative wing size of any parrot . Its wing feathers are shorter , more rounded , and less asymmetrical and have fewer distal barbules to lock the feathers together . The sternum is ... | eef12bd2ff416e044930809250b8b4f7 | 27,716 |
The pectoral musculature of the kakapo is also modified by flightlessness . The pectoralis and supracoracoideus muscles are greatly reduced . The propatagialis tendo longus has no distinct muscle belly . The sternocoracoideus is tendinous . There is an extensive cucularis capitis clavicularis muscle that is associated... | 33e314160216936e456b81ff53d3554a | 27,717 |
= = Ecology and behaviour = =
| b6927f5cb1478b646ae6b5770836e605 | 27,719 |
It seems that the kakapo – like many of New Zealand 's bird species – has evolved to occupy an ecological niche normally filled by various species of mammal ( the only non @-@ marine mammals native to New Zealand are three species of small bats ) . Before the arrival of humans , the kakapo was distributed throughout t... | baca4e70a919a71d7b2d8213d5717b9b | 27,721 |
The kakapo is primarily nocturnal ; it roosts under cover in trees or on the ground during the day and moves around its territories at night .
| eda8fc3e319114e6dfe35f90f783425f | 27,722 |
Though the kakapo cannot fly , it is an excellent climber , ascending to the crowns of the tallest trees . It can also " parachute " – descending by leaping and spreading its wings . In this way it may travel a few metres ( yards ) at an angle of less than 45 degrees .
| edf5077f0a63c5945553883de756a0ca | 27,723 |
Having lost the ability to fly , it has developed strong legs . Movement is often by way of a rapid " jog @-@ like " gait by which it can move many kilometres . A female has been observed making two return trips each night during nesting from her nest to a food source up to 1 km ( 0 @.@ 6 mi ) away and the male may wa... | c9bd9a45cf43de4c8eb6431e13e5292d | 27,724 |
Young birds indulge in play fighting , and one bird will often lock the neck of another under its chin . The kakapo is curious by nature and has been known to interact with humans . Conservation staff and volunteers have engaged extensively with some kakapo , which have distinct personalities .
| ce57a35cd11939bc5dc2810f3fd4652d | 27,725 |
The kakapo was a very successful species in pre @-@ human New Zealand , and one of the reasons for this was their set of adaptations to effectively avoid predation from native birds of prey , which were their only predators in the past . However , these same behaviours have been of no use to them when faced with the m... | 51d8399fd913cf25e06018c4b6076a98 | 27,726 |
Mammalian predators , in contrast to birds , rely on their sense of smell and hearing to find prey and often hunt by night . The kakapo 's adaptations to avoid avian predation have thus been useless against its new enemies – this is one of the reasons for its massive decline since the introduction of dogs , cats and m... | dfba290e3d5ce2a7c25369f5562e0cc6 | 27,727 |
= = = Diet = = =
| 05cb0de1c805713dff17acea59c0bf54 | 27,729 |
The beak of the kakapo is adapted for grinding food finely . For this reason , the kakapo has a very small gizzard compared to other birds of their size . It is generally herbivorous , eating native plants , seeds , fruits , pollen and even the sapwood of trees . A study in 1984 identified 25 plant species as kakapo f... | c2b65e01382456c94ee33d7d93fd60d5 | 27,731 |
Kakapo diet changes according to the season . The plants eaten most frequently during the year include some species of Lycopodium ramulosum , Lycopodium fastigium , Schizaea fistulosa , Blechnum minus , Blechnum procerum , Cyathodes juniperina , Dracophyllum longifolium , Olearia colensoi and Thelymitra venosa . Indiv... | 5327d688ed557be96c6dac7ea961709c | 27,732 |
= = = Reproduction = = =
| 7becdda1e73aa195adbfad92abf8b2cf | 27,734 |
The kakapo is the only species of flightless parrot in the world , and the only flightless bird that has a lek breeding system . Males loosely gather in an arena and compete with each other to attract females . Females listen to the males as they display , or " lek " . They choose a mate based on the quality of his di... | ab8ea0b39944a24cd7e011ee15372e17 | 27,736 |
During the courting season , males leave their home ranges for hilltops and ridges where they establish their own mating courts . These leks can be up to 7 kilometres ( 4 mi ) from a kakapo 's usual territory and are an average of 50 metres ( 160 ft ) apart within the lek arena . Males remain in the region of their co... | 15db79a59cdb7749d427ffc299a016ec | 27,737 |
Each court consists of one or more saucer @-@ shaped depressions or " bowls " dug in the ground by the male , up to 10 centimetres ( 4 in ) deep and long enough to fit the half @-@ metre length of the bird . The kakapo is one of only a handful of birds in the world which actually constructs its leks . Bowls are often ... | b514fd70d1ad9a0e994b2b233156ce8f | 27,738 |
To attract females , males make loud , low @-@ frequency ( below 100 Hz ) booming calls from their bowls by inflating a thoracic sac . They start with low grunts , which increase in volume as the sac inflates . After a sequence of about 20 loud booms , the male kakapo emits a high @-@ frequency , metallic " ching " so... | 5493fcb12c00ee3ab9a978567fc6bf8f | 27,739 |
Females are attracted by the booms of the competing males ; they too may need to walk several kilometres from their territories to the arena . Once a female enters the court of one of the males , the male performs a display in which he rocks from side to side and makes clicking noises with his beak . He turns his back... | 2af8cacfb37c47b1dfe4150303facdab | 27,740 |
The female kakapo lays 1 or 2 eggs ( rarely 3 ) per breeding cycle , with long intervals between laying of first and second eggs . She nests on the ground under the cover of plants or in cavities such as hollow tree trunks . The female incubates the eggs faithfully , but is forced to leave them every night in search o... | fdf6f78177bf4806a0a2d3c2c04a4a63 | 27,741 |
Because the kakapo is long @-@ lived , with an average life expectancy of 95 years and the maximum at about 120 years , it tends to have an adolescence before it starts breeding . Males do not start to boom until about 5 years of age . It was thought that females reached sexual maturity at 9 years of age , but this id... | b4f61e0adeb7a192acc25cdc9b6c6804 | 27,742 |
Another aspect of the kakapo 's breeding system is that a female can alter the sex ratio of her offspring depending on her condition . A female who eats protein @-@ rich foods produces more male offspring ( males have 30 % – 40 % more body weight than females ) . Females produce offspring biased towards the dispersive... | 53e8f78ef27d08db32c8f44c3cd9ffbc | 27,743 |
= = Conservation = =
| 90f186624d12e3dacf552f2bfa6358eb | 27,745 |
Fossil records indicate that in pre @-@ Polynesian times , the kakapo was New Zealand 's third most common bird and it was widespread on all three main islands . However , the kakapo population in New Zealand has declined massively since human settlement of the country . Since 1891 , conservation efforts have been mad... | 2d0a2692a8249e6d7e50570497c49a2b | 27,747 |
= = = Human impact = = =
| 53bdcf31ae378c1f9a4517d1f5db06e2 | 27,749 |
The first factor in the decline of the kakapo was the arrival of humans . Māori folklore suggests that the kakapo was found throughout the country when the Polynesians first arrived in Aotearoa 700 years ago . Subfossil and midden deposits show that the bird was present throughout the North Island , South Island and S... | 46022be692afb8023650ec4160190393 | 27,751 |
Beginning in the 1840s , European settlers cleared vast tracts of land for farming and grazing , further reducing kakapo habitat . They brought more dogs and other mammalian predators , including domestic cats , black rats and stoats . Europeans knew little of the kakapo until George Gray of the British Museum describ... | 0a30043f470527c2502b15a48fc4b907 | 27,752 |
In the 1880s , large numbers of mustelids ( stoats , ferrets and weasels ) were released in New Zealand to reduce rabbit numbers , but they also preyed heavily on many native species including the kakapo . Other browsing animals , such as introduced deer , competed with the kakapo for food , and caused the extinction ... | 134ef5ff5c631a73af91a6052734e74c | 27,753 |
= = = Early protection efforts = = =
| fa43cdcad9e175986684299b0934c5b5 | 27,755 |
In 1891 , the New Zealand government set aside Resolution Island in Fiordland as a nature reserve . In 1894 , the government appointed Richard Henry as caretaker . A keen naturalist , Henry was aware that native birds were declining , and began catching and moving kakapo and kiwi from the mainland to the predator @-@ ... | d3bb038185f9e02a3f4be0219d59b73c | 27,757 |
In 1903 , three kakapo were moved from Resolution Island to the nature reserve of Little Barrier Island north @-@ east of Auckland , but feral cats were present and the kakapo were never seen again . In 1912 , three kakapo were moved to another reserve , Kapiti Island , north @-@ west of Wellington . One of them survi... | b4e1ad7f896e6c69725b3157ca778163 | 27,758 |
By the 1920s , the kakapo was extinct in the North Island and its range and numbers in the South Island were declining . One of its last refuges was rugged Fiordland . There , during the 1930s , it was often seen or heard , and occasionally eaten , by hunters or roadworkers . By the 1940s , reports of kakapo were beco... | ec17b7bea78ed0cfae23f080b11f30db | 27,759 |
= = = 1950 – 89 conservation efforts = = =
| 5b1b1deca708d8f7b9a9c86f0f539f56 | 27,761 |
In the 1950s , the New Zealand Wildlife Service was established and began making regular expeditions to search for the kakapo , mostly in Fiordland and what is now the Kahurangi National Park in the northwest of the South Island . Seven Fiordland expeditions between 1951 and 1956 found only a few recent signs . Finall... | 4e56db8001e0d281f2ed1623045d3702 | 27,763 |
By the early 1970s , it was uncertain whether the kakapo was still an extant species . At the end of 1974 , scientists located several more male kakapo and made the first scientific observations of kakapo booming . These observations led Don Merton to speculate for the first time that the kakapo had a lek breeding sys... | 83ff770b6047ad07bf671aeceda942d3 | 27,764 |
Before 1977 , no expedition had been to Stewart Island / Rakiura to search for the bird . In 1977 , sightings of kakapo were reported on Stewart Island . An expedition to the island found a track and bowl system on its first day ; soon after , it located several dozen kakapo . The finding in an 8 @,@ 000 @-@ hectare a... | d5802bc285d6c3da1b2b11a44bc161a9 | 27,765 |
Mustelids have never colonised Stewart Island / Rakiura , but feral cats were present . During a survey , it was apparent that cats killed kakapo at a rate of 56 % per year . At this rate , the birds could not survive on the island and therefore an intensive cat control was introduced in 1982 , after which no cat @-@ ... | ceab3514246224321b8b65ccca627358 | 27,766 |
= = = Kakapo Recovery programme = = =
| 01fa6b44c51d4e792c4737f2d1807b46 | 27,768 |
In 1989 , a Kakapo Recovery programme was developed and a Kakapo Recovery Group established to implement it . The New Zealand Department of Conservation replaced the Wildlife Service for this task . The first action of the plan was to relocate all the remaining kakapo to suitable islands for them to breed . None of th... | 4ad4da0869e529fd073233db984704c1 | 27,770 |
A key part of the Recovery Plan is the supplementary feeding of females . The kakapo breeds only once every two to five years , when a certain type of plant species , primarily Dacrydium cupressinum ( rimu ) , produces protein @-@ rich fruit and seeds . Observations of the relationship between intermittent breeding an... | defa8f4464b0820ccd328f1ba15d4daa | 27,771 |
Supplementary feeding not only increases kakapo breeding frequency , but also affects the sex ratio of kakapo offspring , as maternal conditions influence this ratio . ( See section " Reproduction " . ) This finding was subsequently used to increase the number of female chicks by deliberately manipulating maternal con... | 633bdd39652929305e2826b1dfa4b807 | 27,772 |
Though breeding can be improved by supplementary feeding , the survival of young kakapo is hampered by the presence of Polynesian rats . Of 21 chicks that hatched between 1981 and 1994 , nine were either killed by rats or died and were subsequently eaten by rats . Nest protection has been intensified since 1995 by usi... | 87df024d1dd42baa3356a814bc8396ab | 27,773 |
To monitor the kakapo population continuously , each bird is equipped with a radio transmitter . Every known kakapo , barring some young chicks , has been given a name by Kakapo Recovery Programme officials . It is an affectionate way for conservation staff to refer to individual birds , and a stark reminder of how fe... | 50b15b37442fbad0fb49046727eddad2 | 27,774 |
In 2006 , the Kakapo Recovery Programme presented a new management plan that would run from 2006 to 2016 . The key goals of this plan are to increase the female population to at least 60 by 2016 , increase genetic diversity , maintain or restore a sufficiently large habitat to accommodate the expected increase in the ... | 6e515dbab91167b4980c2a22b267b67a | 27,775 |
The Kakapo Recovery programme has been successful , with the numbers of kakapo increasing steadily . Adult survival rate and productivity have both improved significantly since the programme 's inception . However , the main goal is to establish at least one viable , self @-@ sustaining , unmanaged population of kakap... | 484553acca3a45e18997f53df8828718 | 27,776 |
During the 2008 – 2009 summer breeding season , the total population of kakapo rose to over 100 for the first time since monitoring began , reaching 123 by February 2012 . Twenty two of the 34 chicks had to be hand @-@ reared because of a shortage of food on Codfish Island .
| f0614f2486beb5b7468302d5a1c4c37d | 27,777 |
In 2012 , seven kakapo were transferred to Little Barrier Island , in an attempt to establish a successful breeding programme . Kakapo were last on the island in 1999 .
| 10815323397aef2abf0c1e9cc77db0b8 | 27,778 |
In March 2014 , with the kakapo population having increased to 126 , the bird 's recovery was used by Melbourne artist Sayraphim Lothian as a metaphor for the recovery of Christchurch , parallelling the " indomitable spirit of these two communities and their determination to rebuild " .
| 7c1ba0c9aa24b4653872d44df7f814bc | 27,779 |
= = In Māori culture = =
| 1ed2285f26055973e2ab242f3e84e081 | 27,781 |
The kakapo is associated with a rich tradition of Māori folklore and beliefs . The bird 's irregular breeding cycle was understood to be associated with heavy fruiting or " masting " events of particular plant species such as the Rimu which led Māori to credit the bird with the ability to tell the future . Used to sub... | 8ab6581b2f7aef693f4f8322b3d5ba18 | 27,783 |
= = = Use for food and clothing = = =
| f32474305dd7b937f266e2be6cda3477 | 27,785 |
The meat of kakapo made good eating and was considered by Māori to be a delicacy and it was hunted for food when it was still widespread . One source states that its flesh " resembles lamb in taste and texture " , although European settlers have described the bird as having a " strong and slightly stringent [ sic ] fl... | 22e1c6ac3752aff82baf0b2f5cfbd233 | 27,787 |
In breeding years , the loud booming calls of the males at their mating arenas made it easy for Māori hunting parties to track the kakapo down , and it was also hunted while feeding or when dust @-@ bathing in dry weather . The bird was caught , generally at night , using snares , pitfall traps , or by groups of domes... | f4ce3a743ce45c8f311857ab2921c215 | 27,788 |
As well as eating the meat of the kakapo , Māori would use kakapo skins with the feathers still attached or individually weave in kakapo feathers with flax fibre to create cloaks and capes . Each one required up to 11 @,@ 000 feathers to make . Not only were these garments considered very beautiful , they also kept th... | 1669422d67db2004930e1a72a4a0a48e | 27,789 |
Despite this , the kakapo was also regarded as an affectionate pet by the Māori . This was corroborated by European settlers in New Zealand in the 19th century , among them George Edward Grey , who once wrote in a letter to an associate that his pet kakapo 's behaviour towards him and his friends was " more like that ... | b4bec32ba94ef709c89e6d4ca7b92454 | 27,790 |
= = = In the media = = =
| 30162fd07ea56f3465316e95cdcaa21c | 27,792 |
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.