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26 Jun 2022 2 minute read 1 comment nzmacminer
KIWI - APTERYX The Kiwi is New Zealand's national bird. There are 5 different subspecies; Rowi, Little Spotted, Great Spotted, Brown and Tokoeka. HabitatKiwi are usually found in New Zealand native bush but can live in scrub, rough farmland, exo...
19 Jun 2022 1 minute read 3 comments nzmacminer
RURU/MOREPORK - NINOX NOVAESEELANDIAE The Morepork is New Zealand's only remaining native owl. In Maori it is called Ruru after it's haunting cry. HabitatRuru live throughout the main islands of New Zealand in both native and exotic bush. They pre...
12 Jun 2022 2 minute read 0 comments nzmacminer
Maui's Dolphin - CEPHALORHYNCHUS HECTORI New Zealand's Maui's dolphin is the smallest and rarest dolphin in the world. It is a subspecies of the Hectors dolphin and there are thought to be only between 57 and 75 over the age of 1. Maui's dolphin can...
19 May 2022 2 minute read 0 comments tych0_21
The Blue Racer (Coluber constrictor foxii) is a subspecies of the North American Racer (Coluber constrictor). While the North American Racer's geographic range stretches across the entirety of the continental United States as well as North to Britis...
16 May 2022 1 minute read 0 comments Alther
If you hear or use the term majority, you are usually more attached to the words dominant and open. Because the majority, of course, are more supportive, trusting, or using. So the majority will be more inclined to speak out loud than the minority....
10 May 2022 1 minute read 8 comments uthus2000
There is a certain joy one receives when watching children in their environment. Mother's Day was this weekend and Gammy and I set off for the Ozark mountains - mountains by Missouri standards, foothills by others'. Elevations here are measured in...
3 May 2022 1 minute read 0 comments NickytheClone
Something that made it worthwhile were the foxes we would see in the streets. If we made it past the whores we saw on 3rd Street, unscathed we were basically home free. So we would celebrate with two or three bottles of the driest, most fa...
2 Feb 2022 4 minute read 1 comment marianomariano68
This bird has very contrasting plumage. It consists of a blue belly, yellow cheeks and a dewlap. The head is brown with a white forehead. A black strip runs from the head through the red eyes to the belly. The wings are brown and the loin area is y...
24 Oct 2021 1 minute read 0 comments willemvzyl
Boomslang (if you're not an Afrikaans speaker you'd be surprised what the name sounds like, properly pronounced) are one of Southern Africa's dangerously venomous snake species - a microscopic amount of Boomslang venom can be fatal to an adult human...
22 Aug 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
Not everyone who can play has a talent for songwriting. I've known many great players over the years, great musicians who were masters of their instruments, who couldn't write their way out of a wet paper bag. They all make the same mistake: Think...
