10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 12, 2012
Gollum (the film version) It can’t have escaped your notice that there is a film from New Zealand out today that people are quite interested in. Kea ( Nestor notabilis ) Kea are a species of alpine parrot endemic to New Zealand.
Critter News
OCTOBER 24, 2009
Two authors in New Zealand claim that the carbon footprint of pet animals are the same as owning a car. New Zealand-based authors Robert and Brenda Vale base their findings on the amount of land needed to grow food for pets ranging from budgerigars to cats and dogs.
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10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 29, 2014
The bacteria that laid me low earlier this year is a zoonosis, causing problems for New Zealand’s endemic seals as well as visitors to Borneo. Hunting, the bush meat trade, habitat loss, population increases, they all have a part to play in this story. This lake is close to the cave. My photo of the cave was bad, sorry.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 18, 2012
New studies are beginning to show that smell may be an important part in these birds finding the right nest and/or partner under cover of darkness. Like the tube-nosed birds, new world vultures detect the smells of rotting meat carried by the winds. Other long-billed birds locate their food by touch and we’ll get to that.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 18, 2012
The Southern Cassowary ( Casuarius casuarius ), often touted as the most dangerous in the world due to its powerful kick when provoked, is a large, flightless bird native to the tropical rainforests of northeastern Australia, New Guinea, and a handful of islands in the Moluccas.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 6, 2012
For example, I was going to add “no tail” to the list of features above, what all frogs share, when I remembered that there are indeed a small family of Tailed frogs, four species in New Zealand and two in North America (though, the tails are quite tiny). Thrity-seven species are probably already extinct.
10,000 Birds
JULY 11, 2012
People would often express surprise that I, someone that cared about wildlife conservation, would eat meat. This is a very serious business here in New Zealand. New Zealand has been the recipient of a higher than average number of introduced species, in particular a range of mammals from elk to mice. ” one.
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