It's a kiwi. They are flightless.
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tags: North Island brown kiwi, Apteryx australis mantelli,
My brother's name is Kian, but ever since we were kids I've called him Kiwi. So, of course, I couldn't resist this little image, in light of his birthday:
OK, call me slow, but I didn't understand the bit about the nails at all. What was the point of that?
OK.
1. He laboriously nails trees to a cliff face so that they are horizontal.
2. He then jumps off the cliff
3. He experiences the illusion of flight for the first time
4. It turns out to be the only time.