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A kiwi bird that surprised sawmill workers near Whangārei, New Zealand (lemmy.ca)

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[-] variants_of_concern@lemmy.one 65 points 6 months ago

Whoa i never realized they were that big

[-] TheBat@lemmy.world 24 points 6 months ago

Yeah I thought they were the size of a chicken.

[-] Unpigged@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I thought they are the size of a kiwi!

[-] chrischryse@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

lol same hence the name

[-] scintilla@lemm.ee 12 points 6 months ago

They are the size of a large chicken from what I can find.

[-] TheBat@lemmy.world 29 points 6 months ago

[-] scintilla@lemm.ee 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Different chicken breeds have WILDLY dissimilar sizes. Like 2lbs to 12lbs and some chicken breeds can get to 3ft tall.

Here is a site I found that seems to exclusively talk about chickens with a list of different large chicken breeds.

[-] Missmuffet@lemmy.world 44 points 6 months ago

Nyooooom

[-] Rythm@lemmy.ml 20 points 6 months ago

I don't know why, but this comment absolutely portrays the single most apt description of that second picture haha.

[-] macrocarpa@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

Why is the word bird required? A kiwi is a kiwi, it's literally the name of the animal. You don't say pigeon bird?

[-] SharkWeek 36 points 6 months ago

Because of the existence of Kiwi Fruit?

[-] Ledericas@lemm.ee 12 points 6 months ago

and theres kiwi berries too.

[-] DogWater@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

Lyrebird.

Also, there are non bird kiwis

[-] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 1 points 3 months ago

Hey, I saw a Black out on my lawn, eating worms. I banged on the window and scared him off though.

[-] Shelbyeileen@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

And now I'm reminded that I will forever be teased by the New Zealand side of my family... 😅

I found a photo showing how large Kiwi can get, before we went to see them at the Te Puia Geothermal Park, and I was SHOCKED.

"Shel, how big did you think they were?"

I put my hands up🫸🫷to the size of a robin

"I don't know... bird sized"

"Bird sized? ... you're gonna lose your shit when you see a ostrich"

😐😑😐🙄😮‍💨

[-] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Americans want kiwis as pets. Trump would like the eggs. Give us kiwis please!

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