Kiwi
Our national icon is endangered. Found in NZ forests it is flightless & aggressive. They guard their territories fiercely – rolling onto their backs to fight.
Kiwis are nocturnal – they have whiskers to help them find their way as well as a keen sense of hearing & smell. Why are NZer’s called kiwis? During WWI NZer’s carved a giant kiwi on the chalk hill above Sling Camp in England. Servicemen overseas were known as ‘kiwis’ & that name has stuck ever since.