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The Unnatural History of the Kākāpō
Film (Excerpts) – 2009
If naturalists go to heaven (about which there is considerable ecclesiastical doubt) I hope that I will be furnished with a troop of kākāpō to amuse me instead of television.– Naturalist Gerald Durrell, 1989
A highly entertaining story with heart in the mouth suspense, setbacks, heroic ingenuity, and perseverance above and beyond.– Reviewer Helene Wong, in The Listener
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