A kiwi is a strange bird because it cannot fly. It has no wings or tail. It {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (not have) feathers like other birds. Its feathers look like hair. It {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (sleep) during the day and it smells things {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (good) than most birds do.

    The kiwi lives only in New Zealand and it's endangered(濒危的) now. Take the North Island brown kiwi for example. There {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (be) about 35,000 individuals left in the world. Many {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (animal), such as dogs, cats, and so on, threaten this beautiful, small bird. In some areas, most {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (kiwi) do not reach the age of breeding. So the brown kiwi population has gone down greatly.

    New Zealanders want their kiwis {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (live). The government says that people {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (can) kill kiwis. There is a picture of a kiwis on New Zealand money. Sometimes, people from New Zealand are called "kiwis".