Listen and decide which of the facts in your workbook are not stated in the text.0:04
The most famous bird in New Zealand is the kiwi.0:12
Most kiwi birds are brown and about the same size as a chicken.0:16
The kiwi is one of the birds that cannot fly.0:21
People from New Zealand are often called kiwis because of their famous birds.0:25
Kiwi birds cannot fly because hundreds of years ago there were no animals in New Zealand except bats and sea animals like dolphins.0:31
The kiwi did not need to fly to get away from any animal.0:41
It was safe on the island.0:45
Kiwi birds cannot see well enough.0:47
They find food by smelling it.0:50
They are the only birds in the world with nostrils at the end of their long bill.0:53
In some ways, they are more like a land animal than a bird.0:59
If anyone comes near, they run away.1:03
Then they stand and smell the air to see if it is safe.1:06
Kiwi birds are difficult to see because they are the color of the earth.1:11
They live in thick trees in quiet areas and they come out at night, not in the day.1:16
Now the kiwi is an endangered bird.1:23
Most New Zealanders can see them only in a zoo.1:26
This is because people cut down many trees where the kiwi likes to live.1:29
And because of the animals that appeared on the islands together with the Europeans, some of them began to kill and eat the kiwi birds.1:34
That's why today there are only about 70,000 left in the country.1:43
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