Hey /an/ons, this might be a stupid question, But is there any

>>2273079
>So why not really?
My guess is that there are other reasons for it, but I am thinking that they don't breed well in capitivity.
But one shagged a human bean, so not sure.

>>2273079
The males makes that enormously loud WWWWOPP mating call so that would be undesirable in a household pet.

Kakapos do breed well in captivity and there are reports of Māori owning them as pets before European contact.

The problem is there just ain't many of them. If you give someone a breeding pair that's 0.016% of all kakapos alive. Maybe in fifty years the option can be viable, but you really would prefer all the kakapos alive today to just stay in the wild.

>>2273097
>Kakapos do breed well in captivity
Really?
I thought I read that they need a mast year of beech to mate or something - too lazy to look it up.

Right now we need every single kakapo contributing to keeping themselves not extinct. As much as I'd like one, if I bought a kakapo that would be one less helping their species. Also lurking on youtube is a great documentary about kakapo breeding. Especially the sexbot they built in an attempt to steal their sperm.

>>2273097
Considering the existence of rats, I wish we had more of a captive effort too. Seems wrong to put all your eggs in one basket.
That said, I am pretty impressed with their current conservation efforts.