Hunting the Hunter

Facts!

*Not all spiders catch their food in sticky silk.
*Six of a hunting spider eight eye work like mirrors. They reflect back a little of any light that reaches them.
*If its carrying a egg sac or even piggy-backing its babies, you'll know that its a female spider.
*Most spiders are  active at night. This helps them avoid being eaten by birds.


This story is about different kinds of spider.

Written by Mary Sutherland.

The Weta

1. The Weta is only found in New Zealand.

2. The Weta is so old that it has outlived dinosaurs.

3. The Weta is sometimes called the dinosaur of the incest sites.

4. Wetas have their ears on their knees and can hear vibrations and everything around them.

5. There are 11 species of Giant Weta.

http://www.kcc.org.nz/weta

The Weka

The Weka.

The weka is a nocturnal creature and it searches for food in the night time.The Weka mainly eats invertebrates and fruit.They sometimes eat chitons and other rocky coast invertebrates, lizards, rodents, food scraps, carrion, and the eggs and young of other groundnesting birds.

Here are some sites that you could find some more facts about the Weka.

http://www.doc.govt.nz/conservation/native-animals/birds/birds-a-z/weka/facts/

The Kakapo

The Kakapo is a large parrot. The male Kakapo measures up to at least 60 cm and weighs from 2 to 4 kg when it has fully matured. The Kakapo can not fly because of its shot wings that anchor flight muscles. The Kakapos  body  has yellowish,  greenish feather with black and dark brownish blending in with the other feathers. There are less than 100 kakapo left. The Kakapo lived in New Zealand and for many years were inhabited by birds and reptiles that had no predatory mammals. The Kakapo can live up to average of 90 years but the maximum is 120 years.

These are some other sites you could get some more information from.

http://savethekakapo.weebly.com/fun-facts.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakapo

Facts Dolphins

DOLPHINS

Do you know any sea animal that breathes air?

Did you know that a Dolphin is a sea animal that does not breath under water they have to hold their breath for a long time and they breath through their breathing hole on the top of their heads.They also are warm blooded and are mammals.They are native animals to New Zealand too.

Dolphins only attack you when they are scared and when they are trying to protect themselves or their young.They are scared of big killer whales and big sharks.When they are giving birth their baby are not in eggs they are just born in their natural selves.Dolphins live in a pods a pod is a family or group of Dolphins that live together.They have been known to save humans in a variety of circumstances including rescues and with fishing. .They can communicate through sounds and whistles this is called echolocation.They eats fish and squid.Dolphins also can go down 260m below the surface of the oceans.Dolphins are very intelligent because know how to do a lot of things and some Dolphins seem to be well loved by humans.This aquatic mammal has been fascinating us by a variety of different ways.They have strong bonds within their pods.There are 36 different species of dolphins that have been recognized.