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Last Chance to See: Series 1

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Last Chance to See: Series 1: Episode 5: Kakapo

Kakapo

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BBC Two - Last Chance to See, Series 1, Kakapo

In New Zealand Stephen and Mark look for the last kakapo, a fat, flightless parrot.

Stephen Fry and zoologist Mark Carwardine are in New Zealand, searching for animals close to extinction. They look for the last remaining kakapo, a fat, flightless parrot.

Stephen Fry and zoologist Mark Carwardine head to the ends of the earth in search of animals on the edge of extinction.

In New Zealand the travellers make their way through one of the most dramatic landscapes in the world. They are on a journey to find the last remaining kakapo, a fat, flightless parrot which, when threatened with attack, adopts a strategy of standing very still indeed.

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