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SteveW
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23rd Jan 04 at 16:14   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I think they do... a mate thinks they dont.

I know they area flightless bird, but it does have some form of flappy things..


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MatthewR
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No wings!
SteveW
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THEY DO...
MatthewR
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No they dont
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have wings cant fly tho
MatthewR
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No wings hence they cant fly!
I been there and seen with my own eyes
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I used to live there.. I sware they do.. ok they might only be small. but what would the point be if they didn't have any wings.. They wouldn't be allowed to be called "birds"
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Mmmmmmmmmmmmm kiwi fruit !
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Thats why there nearly extinct mate
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Kiwis are the smallest of the ratites, a group of flightless birds that include the rheas of South America,
the ostriches of Africa, the emu of Australia, and the extinct moa of New Zealand.
The Kiwi occurs only in New Zealand, and is the symbol of this country.
Since New Zealand did not evolve mammals due to its isolation from the rest of the world, the Kiwi has taken on the role traditionally occupied by moles and
hedgehogs in other eco-systems.
The Kiwi resembles mammals rather than birds in several ways. The Kiwi has bone marrow, unlike other birds that have hollow bones.
Although primarily a bird of New Zealand’s native forests, kiwis also live in scrub and native grasslands.
Because the kiwi is a semi-nocturnal, secretive bird, few New Zealanders have seen their national bird in the wild.
It is the sole survivor of an ancient order of birds including the now extinct moas.
It is a flightless bird about the size of a
domestic fowl.
It has coarse, bristly, hair-like feathers.
Females are larger than males.
Whereas birds traditionally depend on sight, the kiwi is one of the few birds with a highly developed sense of smell.
Being the only known bird to have external nostrils at the end of its bill, it literally sniffs out its food a bill-length below the surface.

Mindblowingly interesting!
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23rd Jan 04 at 16:26   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
they have wings
SteveW
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Still dont say if they have wings or not
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Thank you Vibs
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they have wings, but they can't use them
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Where the fuck are the wings in that pic then??????

[Edited on 23-01-2004 by Evisu]
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http://www.kcc.org.nz/birds/kiwi.asp
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No wings!
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can we splice one with a albertros

would be cool
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quote:

KiWi Due to under-developed wings and no tail the KiWi is a flightless bird. It has a long beak with nostrils at the tip, to aid in finding food beneath the forest floor. It feeds at night and dwells in the virgin forests of New Zealand and is an extremely fast runner, consequencently, it is rarely seen in its natural environment.


[Edited on 23-01-2004 by Adam]
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they have wings!
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Cheers IntaCepta...

Told you they have wings
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Underveloped wings! Hardly wings

Damn it!
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nevertheless they are technically 'wings'

what else are they then?

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