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minus-squareVaryk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 years agoHaast’s eagle, haast’s eagle, haast’s eagle - dammit!
minus-squareVaryk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoHuia, I just looked it up but I don’t know anything about the bird. Why would you bring back the huia?
minus-squareMrsDoyle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoWhen I was growing up in Dunedin NZ, our butter’s brand name was Huia, and there was a drawing of the bird on the wrapper. So it’s partly nostalgia, but mostly because it was beautiful, and sacred in Māori culture. https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/morningreport/audio/2018657018/the-call-of-the-huia-remembered
minus-squareVaryk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoI read about it after you mentioned the huia, and I do like the concept of giving it as a gift. That’s cool. Here’s to the huia
minus-squareDave@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoGot to find a breeding pair first. Then work out which area they will live in, so we can keep pets and toddlers out.
minus-squareVaryk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoThe pets and toddlers would learn by themselves pretty quick
minus-squareVaryk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoHahaha, they will have made a noble sacrifice for the wellbeing of the greater community.
Haast’s eagle, haast’s eagle, haast’s eagle - dammit!
Huia is the one I’d bring back.
Huia, I just looked it up but I don’t know anything about the bird.
Why would you bring back the huia?
When I was growing up in Dunedin NZ, our butter’s brand name was Huia, and there was a drawing of the bird on the wrapper. So it’s partly nostalgia, but mostly because it was beautiful, and sacred in Māori culture. https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/morningreport/audio/2018657018/the-call-of-the-huia-remembered
I read about it after you mentioned the huia, and I do like the concept of giving it as a gift. That’s cool.
Here’s to the huia
Got to find a breeding pair first. Then work out which area they will live in, so we can keep pets and toddlers out.
The pets and toddlers would learn by themselves pretty quick
Not my pet or toddler!
Hahaha, they will have made a noble sacrifice for the wellbeing of the greater community.