Stephen Fry's cameraman gets shagged by a kakapo

[Octavia]

Now how many people can say that they have done this? (Or had it done to him, as the case may be...)

For those who don't know, Sirocco is a rather famous bird in NZ - a very rare kakapo (there's only about 120 of them alive). Sirocco was the only chick born in his breeding season, and because he was raised by humans he thinks he is one. Hence his absolute certainty that the human head is a suitable mate.

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[PostMortem]

That was hilarious, I was laughing so hard I started to cough. And what a cool looking bird, I'd never heard of a Kakapo until now.

[Octavia]

They're the world's largest parrot - flightless, and live in burrows. That dopey expression is typical of the breed.

[B.H.]

They're the world's largest parrot - flightless, and live in burrows. That dopey expression is typical of the breed.


After what I just saw the bird must be dopey.

[Ray Moscow]

I wish now that I had watched this last night. But at least the best part is on Youtube.

[Monad]

I think it was partly responding to the green colour cue of the guys jacket and maybe also the tactile cue of his hair.

[SteveF]

I should say that Mark Carwardine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Carwardine) isn't Stephen Fry's cameraman.

[dug_down_deep]

I love the sound of words with origins down under. They just taste so simple and fun. Kakapo. Love it.

[Arctish]

"Look, he's so happy!" :rolling:

[Jet Black]

I just hope he mates with females of his own species too - after all there aren't many of them around.

[Pandora]

Too funny. Gotta love the brits though - I don't think they'd allow that to be aired in the US. Someone might be offended by it :rolleyes:

[Eudaimonist]

I think it was partly responding to the green colour cue of the guys jacket and maybe also the tactile cue of his hair.

Translation: His neck was damned sexy!