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Sirocco the Kakapo has become a global star after he was caught on camera mating with a zoologists head on a BBC programme.
The footage was captured as part of BBC Two programme, Another Chance to See, in which Stephen Fry and zoologist Mark Carwardine travel the world in search of animals on the edge of extinction.
Sirocco was hand reared and as a result is very relaxed with humans. He is used as an advocate for his species and has most recently been at Auckland Zoo where people could get up close and personal with him.
But zoologist Carwadine got more personal with Sirocco than expected when he encountered him with Fry.
Sirocco is one of only 124 Kakapo in the world.
The rare birds featured in the radio programme Last Chance to See that Carwardine created with The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy author Douglas Adams in the 1980s. The TV series is based on the radio series.
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