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[00:00.00]It's a parrot,
这是鹦鹉 [00:01.14]and weighing up to four kilos,
体重达4公斤 [00:03.48]it's the world's heaviest.
是世界上最重的鹦鹉 [00:05.85]And yes, you've guessed it,
是的，你猜对了 [00:07.51]it can't fly.
它不能飞 [00:09.95]Meet the kakapo.
这也满足了鸮鹦鹉（新西兰的一种鹦鹉）的特征 [00:12.16]Too heavy and short-winged to get airborne,
它们真的很重，而且翅膀也很短因此没有办法飞起来 [00:14.76]it climbs trees instead.
但是它们能爬树 [00:17.12]Kakapo were once one of the most successful
这种鹦鹉曾经是新西兰数量 [00:19.45]and abundant herbivores in New Zealand,
最多的食草动物之一 [00:21.80]the Kiwi equivalent of our rabbit.
这种新西兰特有的鸟就如同我们的兔子一样常见 [00:23.76]In 1899, explorer Charlie Douglas wrote,
探险家查理·道格拉斯在1899年写道 [00:27.04]''They could be caught in the moonlight by simply shaking the tree
可以借着月光摇晃树木或者是灌木丛 [00:30.49]or bush until they tumbled to the ground,
直到它们跌落到地面，将它们捕获 [00:33.08]like shaking down apples.''
就像摇苹果树那样把苹果摇下来 [00:34.79]Its favourite food is up above,
这种鹦鹉喜欢的食物是 [00:37.04]the tiny seeds of the rimu tree.
芮木泪柏树（新西兰产乔木）的种子 [00:39.85]This fruit fuels kakapo reproduction
这种果实有助于鸮鹦鹉繁殖 [00:42.93]and they only breed when the trees produce a bumper crop,
而且只有在莴木泪柏树非常茂盛的时候才产生这种果实 [00:46.16]so about once every four years.
大概每四年会产一次 [00:48.82]Kakapo breed slower than any other bird,
鸮鹦鹉的繁殖比其他的鸟类都要慢 [00:51.97]but they also live longer,
但他们的寿命很长 [00:54.24]sometimes more than a hundred years.
有时候她们的年龄超过一百岁 [00:57.24]The male's "song'' is as peculiar as the bird itself.
雄性鸮鹦鹉的歌喉就如它们本身一样是非常奇特的