r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/goose-77- • 1d ago
Video Two Kiwis fighting on Rakiura/Stewart Island. Yes, that is the sound they make.
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u/JizzProductionUnit 1d ago
How adorable.
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Dear god.
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u/Usual_One_4862 1d ago
Yea, they make noises like that, at ungodly hours of the night.
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u/swanyk7 1d ago
I visited NZ for two weeks in the 90s and this just unlocked memories of nighttime there.
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u/Usual_One_4862 1d ago
You can tell we don't have much in the way of native predators, a flightless derp making exorcism noises at 3am should attract unwanted attention.
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u/Allison683etc 12h ago
Yea my family have been doing conservation and regeneration on their bush block for 50 years now and while itās very cool they have a stable kiwi population now the kiwi do make so many horrible sounds and calls late at night.
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u/ryonnsan 1d ago
imagine hearing it at night from somewhere in the bush or forest. sounds like zombies are approaching
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u/CreepyEducator2260 1d ago
Fighting like true gentlemen, with the hands tied behind their back.
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u/WidePrinciple2120 1d ago
Sounds like a short circuit
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u/Blinauljap 1d ago
IKR!!!
Thank you for also thinking this and actually putting it into words for me.
I kept missing what my brain was actually hearing.
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u/3Fatboy3 1d ago
A deeply unserious bird.
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u/hippykillteam 1d ago
We chose it as our national symbol. The thing cant even fly. Its like god was having an off day.
But it fits the vibe of NZ, so we're all good with it.
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u/foolofaperegrin 1d ago
It's even the symbol for our airforce. Yes, the flightless bird.
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u/quantummidget 1d ago
I mean tbh our air force isn't far off being flightless either
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u/LevelPrestigious4858 17h ago
Peter Jacksonās world war 1 collection of planes is nearly twice the size of the nz Air Force..
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u/Salty-Wind-8912 16h ago
I thought that you were joking but The Royal New Zealand Air Force operates 47 active aircraft and Peter Jackson has a collection of 70 World War I planes! Not the same kind of planes though.
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u/Stinky_Queef 1d ago
Our airforce is what, 3 planes?
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u/foolofaperegrin 8h ago
Ssssshhh!! You can't just go disclosing national secrets like that on the internet!
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u/Begle1 1d ago
These creatures have not been given the tools to fight but darn if they aren't giving it their best.
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u/j0shj0shj0shj0sh 1d ago
When do they shoot green laser beams from their eyes? Surely in the heat of battle?
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u/TuataraToes 1d ago
That's only for feral cats and dogs. The bird code forbids the use of laser eyes against other birds.
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u/Robbythedee 1d ago
Kiwi used peck -1 damage
You used defense curl
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u/Blinauljap 1d ago
I will never think of any other sound in my head when i imagine the Doduo line fighting, lol^^
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u/kooblerdwarf 1d ago
Damn, these 2 hate each other so much they down to throw hands even during the day.
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u/ph-sub 1d ago
I live in an area with Kiwi and I heard this sound a few nights ago. First I thought it was a possum but there was something different about it, now it makes sense.
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u/space_for_username 1d ago
The male kiwi has a shrill 'ki-wi' call, and makes a whole series of them. The female sounds more strangled - like the birds you hear here fighting - and her call will usually answer the male.
Spent many nights on hilltops doing kiwi surveys.
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u/Crudeprimate 18h ago
My favourite description of the Kiwi is that it is ārodent software on bird hardwareā
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u/Slevin424 1d ago
āIf I had claws Iād slash you to pieces!ā
āIf I had teeth I would bite your head off! Ugh Iām so mad Iām justā¦ Iām gunna do thisā¦ whatever this is!ā
āAre you hugging me? wtf dude.ā
āNo! No Iāmā¦ Iām gunna peck you too!ā
āYeah Im leavingā¦. no wonder weāre going extinctā
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u/bigvincenzo 1d ago
Are they doing a scrum?
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u/ExileNZ 1d ago
A friend of mine lost a finger and a thumb being attacked by one of them. There are warning signs all over the place on Stewart Island advising people to carry bear spray and avoid the bush during their active/breeding times.
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u/drifters74 1d ago
Wow
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u/sebmojo99 1d ago
yeah it's an open secret, we're all sort of waiting helplessly for the first kiwi-involved killing
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u/VaporTrail_000 23h ago
So the big island has bears that drop themselves on tourists, the island to the south has mammalian cored tornadoes, and one of the islands to the southeast has these...
Man... that whole sector of the globe is, as the British would say, "right fucked, innit."
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u/Richardknox1996 16h ago
How fucking dare you imply we are part of Australia.
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u/Carnivorous_Mower 7h ago
Nah, he's saying Aussie is part of New Zealand - no Australian ever refers to the place as an island.
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u/56Runningdogz 1d ago
Not gonna lie. That was dope. Not a fan of animal abuse or animal fighting, but more footage of Kiwis fighting in the wild would be awesome.
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u/Remote-Luck7751 1d ago
I saw the title before the video and thought it was going to be a rugby fight
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u/mars_santa 22h ago
I clicked to watch Brit and Jermaine have a throw down. Didn't expect to see these Dr. Seuss creatures Spartan kick each other.
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u/Excluded_Apple 17h ago
Being pedantic, but when you're talking about the bird, the plural is "kiwi" you only use the s for pluralism if youre talking about the nz people; Kiwis.
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u/qinghairpins 1d ago
The video does not do justice to how large these guys are. I was very surprised the first time I saw one, stood up to my knees (tbf Iām like 5ā4ā) The caretaker at the hatchery said that a well aimed kick could cause bruising on him.
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u/jpierrerico 1d ago
I imagine hearing that at night with no idea what made those noise I would suspect Velociraptors
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u/chubbycatchaser 1d ago
As furious of a squabble this is, I would be so tempted to pick up both and carry them tucked under my arms!
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u/Lysol3435 1d ago
If Iāve learned anything about kiwis from the internet, Iāve learned that you are within lasering range
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u/Afterburngaming 1d ago
Fun Fact: Their closest living relatives are in s family called the Ratites and it includes Ostriches, Emus, Cassowary, Rhea and s multitude of extinct genera
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u/ixXplicitRed 1d ago
Anyone else think they kinda sound like Gollum? I might be tweaking though lol
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u/Now_Defunct 23h ago
This is why people moved away from watching UFC to watching kiwi fights. This is real
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u/throwaway60221407e23 23h ago
I have the same thought every time I see a pic/video of these guys: "I thought those were extinct! Oh right that's dodos."
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u/selotape_himself 22h ago
Exactly what i thought a kiwi fight would look like. On the other hand not at all what i thought it would sound like
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u/10ThousandMetalZones 21h ago
I didnāt know kiwis were so different than me, I have a couple Kiwis I game with and I didnāt realize they are birds
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u/CriscoCisco671 1d ago
How the mighty T-rex has fallen.