Otter Raft@lemmy.ca to aww@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 days agoA kiwi bird that surprised sawmill workers near Whangārei, New Zealandlemmy.caimagemessage-square31linkfedilinkarrow-up1500arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1498arrow-down1imageA kiwi bird that surprised sawmill workers near Whangārei, New Zealandlemmy.caOtter Raft@lemmy.ca to aww@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 days agomessage-square31linkfedilinkfile-text
Bonus image: Related article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/515565/quite-a-big-creature-kiwi-bird-surprises-sawmill-workers-near-whangarei
minus-squarechillysniffles@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·14 days agoThat 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.
minus-squareZachariah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·14 days agoat least the person in the photo isn’t also a kiwi that would be confusing
minus-squareKanadrAllegria@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·13 days agoI hate to be the one to break it to you, but…
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.
at least the person in the photo isn’t also a kiwi
that would be confusing
I hate to be the one to break it to you, but…