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It's breeding season for the world's heaviest parrot

New Zealand's endangered kakapo has a unique breeding cycle. Now, for the first time in four years, the parrots are in the mood.

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Ayesha Rascoe
Ayesha Rascoe is the host of Weekend Edition Sunday and the weekend host of Up First. As host of the morning news magazine show, she interviews newsmakers, entertainers, politicians and more about the stories that everyone is talking about or that everyone should be talking about.

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