| [00:00.00] | More frog than parrot, |
| [00:02.15] | it can be heard up to three miles away. |
| [00:05.01] | In a breeding season, |
| [00:06.37] | he will boom non-stop for eight hours every night for up to three months. |
| [00:10.66] | But a female will only respond if there are plenty of rimu seeds about. |
| [00:15.18] | So while these birds may nest in burrows like rabbits, |
| [00:18.31] | unfortunately, |
| [00:19.32] | they don't breed like them. |
| [00:21.31] | And their numbers have dwindled dramatically. |
| [00:23.30] | Today, |
| [00:24.01] | fewer than a hundred kakapo survive and precious chicks receive a helping hand. |
| [00:31.24] | Captive rearing has helped raise the number of kakapo from just 51 in 1995 |
| [00:36.29] | to the 91 birds alive today. |
| [00:39.46] | They used to number in the hundreds of thousands. |
| [00:41.90] | Today, their future is truly in our hands. |
| [00:45.86] | So is this now an empty forest Actually, |
| [00:49.84] | the trees are under attack like never before. |
| [00:52.64] | There's a menace lurking amongst the foliage. |
| [00:55.51] | During the day, it slumbers. |
| [00:57.89] | But under cover of darkness, |
| [01:00.43] | an invader is revealed. |
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