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Diving New Zealand – Goat Island

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Goat Island, off New Zealand’s Northland, was an amazing diving location without any birds. The dive was a gentle one, as dive goes, with a lot of kelp to get under to hunt for interesting fish, lobsters, sponges and rays. But that is actually by the by, because diving is its own reward. Hiwihiwi ( Chironemus marmoratus ).

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A couple of facts :D

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How big cats hunt, big cats such as tigers, lions, jaguars, leopards and cougars though strong and fast have poor stamina, as ambush predators they'll want a quick kill as to minimize injury, so they'll use their powerful arms to hold prey down and bite them in the neck, quick and easy compared to the canines. •

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Acclimatisation Societies of New Zealand

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They took dogs to Australia, chickens across the Pacific, rabbits to England, horses to the New World, and then brought potatoes back. It should surprise no one that someone brought horses, or goats, or chickens. People have moved useful plants and animals around with them as long as they had the wit to do so. But hedgehogs?