'Steve the Kakapo, a critically endangered flightless parrot from New Zealand, shares dating advice with actor and comedian Rhys Darby, star of Yes Man'
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00:00 Hi, my name's Steve and I'm one of under 250 kākāpō left in the world.
00:04 To address the shortfall, I've actually become a dating guru.
00:07 So Steve, I was just wondering...
00:10 Yep, fire away.
00:11 How long after a first date should you leave it before getting back in touch?
00:15 Well, I mean, you've got to give it some time, Liam.
00:17 Alright.
00:17 Normally I'd say around...
00:19 eight seconds is good.
00:20 Oh, OK, yeah, sure.
00:21 Yeah, it's fair to say I mostly give advice to young male kākāpō.
00:25 I did offer to help some of the females, but they said they were probably good.
00:30 Sorry, Steve, I've got to go. Bye.
00:32 So I tried that negging thing you mentioned.
00:35 Oh yeah, how'd that go?
00:36 I called her clumsy.
00:38 Right.
00:38 And, um, ugly.
00:40 Well, that's definitely negging.
00:42 Yeah.
00:42 What happened?
00:43 She bit me.
00:44 Right.
00:45 Maybe try nicing, I think, next time instead.
00:49 Yeah, OK.
00:49 Yeah, I do, uh, I do work out a bit.
00:52 And it might be a bit corny, but the girls are still impressed by a good old-fashioned act of physical prowess.
00:58 Like hanging by your beak from a high branch, or jumping off a log.
01:02 Just, you know, give a good impression.
01:04 Have you tried a mating display of some kind?
01:06 Uh, no.
01:07 Just try it.
01:08 No way. Someone might see me.
01:09 Well, that's actually the whole point of them.
01:11 Really?
01:12 And has my matchmaking had any results?
01:14 Well, hard to say.
01:15 But things are finally going in the right direction for us kākāpō.
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