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Title: Kakapo sex Post by: Tale on February 14, 2008, 01:41:35 AM Subject of a radio documentary while I was working. I googled them afterwards: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakapo#Reproduction
Quote Kakapo are the only parrots in the world that have a lek breeding system.[20] Males loosely gather in an arena and compete with each other to attract females. Females watch the males display, or "lek".[21] They choose a mate based on the quality of his display; they are not pursued by the males in any overt way. No pair bond is formed; males and females meet only to mate. The only time men and women ever meet is for public group sex (in an arena), where the sexiest man gets all the women. Quote To attract females, males make loud, low-frequency (below 100 Hz) booming calls from their bowls by inflating a thoracic sac.[6][22] They start with low grunts, which increase in volume as the sac inflates. After a sequence of about 20 loud booms, the volume drops off. The male Kakapo then stands up for a short while before again lowering his head, inflating his chest and starting another sequence of booms. The booms can be heard at least one kilometre (0.6 mi) away on a still night; wind can carry the sound at least five kilometres (3 mi).[20] Males boom for an average of eight hours a night; each male may produce thousands of booms in this time. This may continue every night for three or four months during which time the male may lose half his body weight. Each male moves around the bowls in his court so that the booms are sent out in different directions. Women judge sexiness based on how loud the man can grunt. A sexy man's grunting can be heard 5km away and consume half his body weight (before the sex). Quote Kakapo are critically endangered; only 86 living individuals are known, all of which have been given names. Contestant #1, Contestant #2 ... ? Title: Re: Kakapo sex Post by: Endie on February 14, 2008, 03:21:04 AM The fact that you used "men" and "women" instead of "males" and "females" made this somewhat startkling at first. That said, on a skim reading I thought it was just those crazy Japanese again.
Title: Re: Kakapo sex Post by: schild on February 14, 2008, 06:13:06 AM It should be pointed out that these birds are fucking awesome looking:
(http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/9806/kakapowingscl7.jpg) Title: Re: Kakapo sex Post by: Tale on February 14, 2008, 08:22:30 AM (http://users.on.net/~svandore/pics/kakapo_orly.jpg)
Title: Re: Kakapo sex Post by: Righ on February 14, 2008, 08:59:52 AM Fellow kiwis Flight of the Conchords need to write a song about these caca-poo.
Title: Re: Kakapo sex Post by: Nevermore on February 14, 2008, 09:04:12 AM A population of 86 certainly proves that system works!
Title: Re: Kakapo sex Post by: IainC on February 14, 2008, 09:13:08 AM A population of 86 certainly proves that system works! They're a reasonably large and flightless bird that tastes nice. The kakapo equivalent of Barry White and rohypnol isn't going to turn that around. Title: Re: Kakapo sex Post by: WindupAtheist on February 15, 2008, 09:41:12 PM Quote Kakapo are the only parrots in the world that have a lek breeding system. Quote Kakapo are critically endangered; only 86 living individuals are known, all of which have been given names. (http://javalab.cs.uni-bonn.de/research/darwin/images/darwin.jpg) Title: Re: Kakapo sex Post by: Phildo on February 15, 2008, 11:40:56 PM Who gets to name a Kakapo? And how do I become this person?
Title: Re: Kakapo sex Post by: Abagadro on February 15, 2008, 11:59:23 PM Sage grouse do really impressive lek behaviors as well. The reason they are becoming extinct is because we keep developing all the land that they used to use to create their leks.
Title: Re: Kakapo sex Post by: cmlancas on February 17, 2008, 06:24:29 PM Is Mister Flying Pants taken? :awesome_for_real:
Title: Re: Kakapo sex Post by: Riggswolfe on February 19, 2008, 12:48:35 PM Sage grouse do really impressive lek behaviors as well. The reason they are becoming extinct is because we keep developing all the land that they used to use to create their leks. I think their women are just to picky. Female parrot: "Oh hell no, not if you were the last parrot on Earth!" Male: "Umm...have you looked around lately? I almost am!" |