Kiwis (birds)

Female kiwi lay their first egg when they are 3-5 years old. Males reach reproductive age at 18 months, but in their native habitat, they tend not to breed until they older. Breeding season begins in June, the New Zealand winter, and continues through to about March of the following year.

Kiwi dig a burrow for the egg, or find a pre-existing burrow, several months before it is laid. Three weeks after mating, the female lays an egg which is about 6 times the size of an egg from another bird of similar size. Just before the egg is laid, it makes up 15-20% of the kiwi's body weight, and takes up so much room that the female is unable to eat because there is no room in her stomach.

Both male and female kiwi incubate the egg, and another egg may already be developing in the female, to be laid in another three weeks' time. Male kiwis develop a bare patch on their abdomen, which is the "brood patch" - a section that is used to keep the egg warm. It takes 70-80 days for the eggs to incubate.

Hatching may take up to three days. The chick hatches with its eyes fully open. Initially, it feeds on a yolk sac which also prevents the baby chick from moving about the nest, but this is mostly absorbed after a couple of days. The chick then begins to feed on tiny pebbles and twigs which are stored in its gizzard to help with food digestion once it starts eating real food. Depending on the species, chicks are old enough to leave the parents' territory when they are 4-6 weeks old. (Southern Tokoeka may stay with the parent for up to 5 years.) Unlike their nocturnal parents, the chicks feed both day and night, making them more susceptible to predators.

It is believed that 95% of young chicks do not survive past their first six months. Those that do then go out and establish their own territory.

Kiwis use their claws to dig a burrow. They have strong legs and claws to loosen the soil and push it out to create the entrance. It is usually the male that digs the burrow. The burrow is then lined with grass, leaves and moss.

The primary means of protection for a kiwi is hiding. Kiwi are nocturnal, and this behaviour enables them to evade their predators. They nest in burrows which they dig in the ground. Apart from that, they are virtually defenceless.

When they are trapped, they may use their claws in defence, but this is not enough to prevent the many kiwi deaths that occur from dog attacks.

Tests have not been conducted on the level of a kiwi's intelligence. However, for many years it was thought that the kiwi was not particularly smart. Scientists have revised that theory, with the recent discovery that kiwi brains were similar in size to the brains of "smarter" flying birds.

To read more about the discovery regarding a kiwi's brain size, see the related link below.

Like other birds: with holes in the side of their head. They don't have protruding ears like mammals.

The kiwi is native to New Zealand.

One of the adaptations kiwis have is that they are the only birds with nostrils at the end of the beaks. This is to locate predators, due to their poor eyesight. Also, their thick brown hair-like fur patterns camouflages them on the ground from predators

Maori, from the indigenous people of New Zealand, or Aotearoa (Maori for land of the long white cloud), kiwi is the name of a small flightless nocturnal bird which for its size bears the largest egg in the world. It is named after the noise it makes.

It depends what area of the world you are in. In tropical areas, the kiwis will grow faster.

the name kiwi derives from the key word "fruit" which means you lash out at people with a rage of the gods but the GAY GODS, in other words quit being pussy whipped. the name kiwi origonated in 1825, it is a name given to the maori tribe of new zeeland.

The kiwi bird hunts in the night. It is a nocturnal bird, which means it sleeps in the day and searches for food at night. It chooses to hunt at night so that it can hide in the dark shadows of the trees, since it cannot fly to get away from it's predator.

The Great spotted kiwi lives in alpine grassland in part of its range, and lower grasslands in others. It is found in forest areas in the northern region of the South Island.

The kiwi, like all other birds, practices sexual reproduction.

The people vary from heterosexual, homosexual, pansexual, ect. The norm is heterosexual.

The fruit, however, does not have sexual relations.

Depends on size but they are pretty small. In between an apricot and tangerine so about 4 oz or thereabouts.

The kiwi is a flightless bird that is generally native to New Zealand. Kiwis should be protected as they are very few in numbers and have too many predators. If not protected, the kiwi may sooner or later be extinct.

An Ostrich. Im not saying an ostrich is dumb it just lays a really big egg i mean a REALLY big egg Most birds lay eggs bigger than their brains; compare the size of a chicken egg with the head of a chicken. The bird that lays the largest egg in comparison to it's body size is the Kiwi of New Zealand.

No. You may not legally buy a kiwi. Kiwi are protected, native birds of New Zealand.

One of the reasons why the kiwi has continued to survive in New Zealand and nowhere else is the lack of natural predators on the islands of New Zealand. Kiwi are completely defenceless, ground-dwelling birds, and their numbers have seen a sharp decline since the arrival of Europeans, as a result of numerous introduced predators.

Personally speaking, it might take 8 to 12 days. It depends on the quality

The kiwi cannot defend itself effectively when other animals attack it. Attacks and hunting by dogs, cats, stoats and ferrets account for up to 95% of kiwi deaths. When cornered, a kiwi may try and defend itself with its sharp claws, but these are quite ineffective against predators.

Kiwi birds usually lay only one egg per season & although the kiwi is roughly the size of a chicken, it lays eggs that are about six times the size of a chicken's egg. Further as Kiwis are not constrained by needing to be able to fly some Brown Kiwi females can carry and lay a single 450 g (16 oz) egg. Once a year, a kiwi lays one large egg that makes up about 15-20% of its body weight, then, 24 days later, lays another egg. The second egg is beginning to develop as soon as the first is laid. On rare occasions, a kiwi may lay a third egg. The kiwi can lay only one egg at a time, as the egg is huge.