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Shagged by a rare parrot | Last Chance To See - BBC

BBC · 30.7M views · 2009-09-29 · 2:32

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A clip from BBC's Last Chance to See in which Stephen Fry and Mark Carwardine meet Sirocco, a kakapo, who famously tries to mate with Carwardine's head. The kakapo is a critically endangered flightless New Zealand parrot.

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HN points to it as the origin of the Party Parrot emote and as the famous viral kakapo clip whenever kakapo come up.

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swyx · 2025-12 · Joke / meme

and this is my excuse to talk about the :partyparrot: emoji being from an actual real life documentary [VIDEO]

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bitwize · 2025-01 · Reference

Famously there is a kakapō named Sirocco who imprinted on humans to the point of being sexually attracted to them rather than to other kakapō. Which is both a problem because with only 244 individuals left, the species needs as many mating pairs as it can get; and a blessing because his international fame and fondness for humans makes him an effective "spokesbird" for conservation. Here he is mounting and having a go at Mark Carwardine: [VIDEO] "You are being shagged by a rare parrot!"

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richdougherty · 2022-09 · Reference

You may be able to see a real-life kākāpō by booking to see Sirocco, New Zealand's official spokesbird for conservation. I saw him once and he's pretty cool! Not sure if he's touring at the moment. [LINK] It wasn't quite as exciting as when Stephen Fry's film crew met him. The video of that encounter is the origin of the Party Parrot emote which you might have seen on Slack. [VIDEO] [LINK]

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