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A kiwi bird that surprised sawmill workers near Whangārei, New Zealand

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Related article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/515565/quite-a-big-creature-kiwi-bird-surprises-sawmill-workers-near-whangarei

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Whoa i never realized they were that big
- Yeah I thought they were the size of a chicken.
  
  I thought they are the size of a kiwi!
  
  They are the size of a large chicken from what I can find.
- Me either.

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

Wish we had those running around in America. :( I'm always a little taken aback by how big they are!
- Southwest gets roadrunners. They're fun.
  
  Roadrunners must have been very sad before the invention of roads
  
  Some areas get little quail families, running along single-file. Dangly bits on their heads and all, it's the best!
- need a kiwi for scale
  
  That is a Kiwi. That's where the word comes from, it's the Maori name for that bird. The fruit was named after it and is strictly called "kiwi fruit" in NZ.
- Americans would have already eaten all of them
  
  I mean, say what ya want (and what we deserve in most cases), but the US has a ton of diverse wildlife. A crazy amount. And even more fun, it's super regional, including lots of pockets supporting healthy amounts of big and diverse fauna, including large predators. Many species of deer, elk, goat, we have moose, multiple kinds of bears, canines, and small numbers of various (badass and distinct) wildcats. Enough to reliably run into many of these in places, and run the risk in many more.
  And that's to say nothing of the variety of smaller life, which is again regional and diverse. Just utterly bewildering. Uhh...guess I got carried away there lol
  
  Or mountain lions, or coyotes, or... I've run out

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"
😐😑😐🙄😮‍💨

I want to hold a kiwi...

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

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?
- Because of the existence of Kiwi Fruit?
  
  and theres kiwi berries too.
- Because the word Kiwi refers to other things.
  A fruit, people from New Zealand, etc.
- Lyrebird.
  Also, there are non bird kiwis

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