so my friends michelle and al came to visit this last week (yup thats them on the left!) and i gave them their christmas present (finally). it was a crochet kiwi that i made from this pattern . i was gonna make them a blue footed booby (because mich didnt think they were real till i showed her one) but i couldnt find a pattern for that. while i was serching, however, i found the kiwi pattern and thought "wow! now thats wierd.....they simply MUST have one!" so i made it and heres the result. they named him murray!
while murray does look like a kiwi in his natural habitat you may be thinking just for "comparison sake how about a picture of a real kiwi?"
you ask. i provide!
now you may be saying to yourself "gee, i sure wish i knew some fun facts about kiwis." well i can help you out there too!
1) the kiwi is the only bird in the world with nostrils on the end of its beak (you just dont get enough opportunities to type the word nostrils. so this ones a two fer)
2) kiwis have the biggest egg in proportion to its body size of any bird in the world. kiwi (size of a chicken) egg (size of an ostrich egg). ouch!
3) ALL kiwi species are endangered. well this ones not so fun i just thought you should know but you can help here there are losts of cool facts and pictures over there too.
now some MORE fun!!!! heres a kiwi sound
and for your viewing pleasure a kiwi movie
4 comments:
BRAVO!! You are just too talented!
Love that Kiwi! That is quite interesting about the egg size in proportion to its body size...I bet that hurts! I guess that would be like us humans have a baby the size of a three year old...Oh god....
Your kiwi is so cute!!! I like the kiwi movie, but it is sad that Kiwi doesn't make it in the end. But it was a good way to go... doing something he always wanted to. I salute you, Kiwi!
Thanks figment! And that vid IS sad. Kinda makes me tear up when I watch it.
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