As an Aussie, never having seen one except on tv, the size of a kiwi still breaks my noodle. My brain: a fluffy grapefruit, fit comfy into cupped hands Reality:

She left me for an ALBATROSS 😭😭😭😭

it's even harder to believe that they grind these birds into a paste and make shoe polish from them.

Oh! That's significantly bigger than I'd thought!

It's the beak that gets me. It looks like a spike designed to stab through someone's skull & drink their brain through it like a straw.It's the beak that gets me. It looks like a spike designed to stab through someone's skull & drink their brain through it like a straw.

...This really casts those deeply uncomfortable x-rays that show how much of a kiwi's body gets occupied by their egg in a whole new horrific light.

More like a fluffy watermelon

I always imagine them being about the same size as the fruit.

That's the size of an average chicken. Much larger that quails

There's a few species. Some are a bit smaller. I was lucky enough to go on a night walk to watch them, and one blindly ran into my leg. One of my fav moments ever.

OMG they're massive! I had no idea 🤯