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Rare nocturnal parrots in New Zealand are breeding for the first time in 4 years — here's why

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It's because that's their breeding cycle. 2-4 years.

Thanks. Sick of these "heres why" articles

Rimu reply

At one point I looked into trying to code something to automatically strip shit like that from titles but there are too many permutations of it.

In a perfect world somewhere out there, scummy clickbait doesnt exist

the cycle is actually matched to the masting of the prodocarp Rimu (calling out @[email protected] )

Well it probably matched to the spring growth tips of Rimu that generate the fruit

And with heads of cameramen.

If any one is interested the you can follow along with the ups and downs of this mast season's mating and breeding

Send BBC cameramen whose heads the parrots can shag.

Oh these little green kākāpō creatures are the cutest nocturnal parrots.