The New Zealand kiwi

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Did you know there is as little as 70,000 kiwis left in the entire world, and in 50 years kiwis have the potential to be extinct! The kiwi is a native bird of New Zealand, not a fruit or a person.The kiwi is normally found in the rainforest, farmland, bush areas. The Kiwi is brown in colouring and has little feathers and short wings so they can’t fly because of their small wings. However they do lay large eggs the size of an ostrich egg. There are 5 species of kiwis: the Little Spotted Kiwi, Great Spotted Kiwi, the Brown Kiwi and the Tokoeka. Kiwis are New Zealand’s national bird but they are hunted by vicious predators.

The kiwi has many predators such as cats, dogs, ferrets, stoats and worst of all possums! These predators are the reason why kiwis have been moved to a saferhabitat on an island where predators cannot reach them. This is to help the kiwi survive. Stoats and cats are mostly harming baby kiwis in the first three months of life while dogs and ferrets go for the big birds and that's a big problem because without adults there will be no more eggs meaning no more kiwis,and possums eat eggs and adult kiwis. Which such predators the kiwi needs to make sure they have a habitat that can help protect themselves against predators.

A kiwis habitat can usually be found in the rainforest but they can also live in diverse habitats from rough farmland to snow tussock with lots of hiding places so you will see the home but not the kiwi. Kiwis live in dark places because they are nocturnal, but some threats (like us) destroyed some of its habitat, now half of kiwis are homeless but some New Zealanders decided take action and take the kiwi to a habitat where that is safe and is full of food to keep them from being hungry.

A kiwi is an omnivore which means they eat plants and living creatures like bugs.
They mostly eat invertebrates which means animals without a backbone like worms, larvae and more. Kiwis also eat berries, leaves and seeds and some unusual food like bracket fungi, frogs, freshwater crayfish, eels, kiwi fruit and tuna. Kiwis even have a favourite food, earthworm! They also drink water from lake like other birds.

As you can see the kiwi is a vital part of New Zealand it is the is the national bird and is a symbol for many people living in New Zealand. There are many dangers that threaten the kiwi bird, such as predators, lack of habitat and ensuring there is enough food for the kiwi to survive. In order to ensure that they will be around for the future generators we need to understand the kiwi and to work together to ensure they will always be in our future.