Kakapo (album) Kakapo (album) Kakapo is a studio album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. It was released on September 14, 2016 by Oaken Palace Records as an LP. The album is dedicated to the kakapo, a critically endangered parrot of New Zealand, and all profits from the release will be donated to the Kakapo Recovery program. The recording has a drone element. A track called "Kakapo 2" later appeared on the album "Hanakisasage". "Kakapo" received a positive review by Gareth Watkin for Echoes and Dust. Kez Whelan of "Terrorizer" wrote that "Kakapo" is "one of his most hypnotic and focused efforts
Flightless bird was largely absent, the wing structure has not been lost except in the New Zealand moas. Ostriches are the fastest running birds in the world and emus have been documented running 50 km/hr. At these high speeds, wings are necessary for balance and serving as a parachute apparatus to help the bird slow down. Wings are hypothesized to have played a role in sexual selection in early ancestral ratites and were thus maintained. This can be seen today in both the rheas and ostriches. These ratites utilize their wings extensively for courtship and displays to other males. Sexual selection also