Kiwi on a Treadmill - Piwi the kiwi broke both legs in separate accidents and after surgery to repair the breaks staff at Massey University's wildlife ward used regular treadmill exercise to help strengthen Piwi's legs.

One might imagine, if one’s mental faculties can indeed stretch to envision such a surreal and somewhat perplexing scenario, a diminutive, flightless bird native to the distant and verdant lands of New Zealand—affectionately known to the local populace and global enthusiasts alike as the kiwi—positioned with an air of curious determination upon the mechanized, ever-rotating belt of an exercise device typically reserved for humans, commonly referred to in modern parlance as a "treadmill." This feathered creature, whose stout form and disproportionately long beak give it a distinct silhouette, could be seen, with a combination of hesitant grace and relentless avian persistence, attempting to maintain some semblance of forward momentum upon the belt, which, one might argue, adds a most surreal and, dare I say, comically absurd layer of whimsy to the entire spectacle.
 
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