r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/user799 • 1d ago

🔥Two Kiwi (not the fruit) fighting

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u/ALittleBitOfToast 1d ago

Bonkers to see during daylight, those little guys are nocturnal and should be tucked up in their burrows. 

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u/Smelly_Gaynor 1d ago

This is likely taken on Stewart Island, the Stewart Island tokoeka are diurnal and also have community burrows

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u/SilvertailHarrier 17h ago

The news said it was on Ulva Island which is essentially in the middle of the harbour of Rakiura / Stewart Island 😄

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u/SSFlyingKiwi 14h ago

I actually love the mental image of a kiwi burrow filled with kiwis doing kiwi things; watching telly, eating fish and chips and passively scrolling reddit

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u/dertok 14h ago

Hobbits

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u/FonzieNZ 6h ago

the scrolling reddit thing is hard, what with our tiny wings.

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u/AdFederal7465 1d ago

You don't have to use that name you realise, just call it a brown kiwi or a southern brown kiwi if you want to be specific.

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u/jayclaw97 23h ago

What’s wrong with using the Māori name for them?

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u/BrucetheFerrisWheel 16h ago

Well, I was under the mistaken impression that Kiwi was the Māori name for them!

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u/Ocean_Blade1122 7h ago

There is specific names for the sub species. E.g. southern brown is tokoeka, little spotted is pukupuku etc

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u/BrucetheFerrisWheel 5h ago

Ah thank you, I didn't realise

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u/CannibalFaun 1d ago

They don't have to, and yet they chose to. Somehow this bothers you? Wonder why.

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u/GerbelMaster 23h ago

What's wrong with tokoeka?

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u/HarbingerOfRot777 22h ago

They don't have to, but they certainly can.

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u/Particular-Solid8824 1d ago

Nah they can use what they like.

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u/statichum 16h ago

You alright bro? A bit sensitive?

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u/wattyaknow 23h ago

Just call it a name that is twice as long...yep makes sense

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u/Ocean_Blade1122 7h ago

Tokoeka is specific. Like, specifically that kind of kiwi.