A happy-go-lucky English rambler dude goes to New Zealand for a year. Here he interfaces with some of those he left behind and details his nefarious activities. Or summat.
Recently clicked on MP3s - 7th June 2005 The Lucksmiths - Warmer Corners
Jens Lekman - When i said i wanted to be your dog
The Trashcan Sinatras - Weightlifting
Teenage Fanclub - Man Made
Laura Veirs - Carbon Glacier
The Decemberists - Picaresque
The Eels - Blinking Lights
Hi! and welcome to my latest article on the nature of New Zealand. This time we're going to be looking at Possums, Cute Bunny Rabbits and Kahu Hawks.
Possum
Rabbit
Kahu Hawk
Possums, an species introduced to NZ, cause considerable environmental damage here, chewing their way through no end of irreplaceable Native Podocarp Forest, thereby ruining the habitats of numerous other species, and reducing biodiversity.
Excessive rabbit numbers have famously caused lots of damage in Australia, and also here in NZ to a lesser extent. But they're so cute aren't they?
Kahu Hawks are majestic creatures, soaring gracefully above the NZ landscape, they wander for hours on the wing, looking for carrion or other small birds to prey upon.
You may think that these three NZ animals have little in common, but depressingly they do. In the last week i've run over one of each of them - AAAAARGH! And as a peaceful vegetarian type, i'm rather pissed off about it :o( I may have saved hundreds of trees by running over the Possum, but i didn't feel that great about it. The rabbit darted out from nowhere on a dark night driving down to Te Anau, and neatly swerved under the drivers side front wheels. The Kahu hawk was busy munching another dead Possum by the side of the road, when, startled by my approach, swooped up into the air - directly into my passenger side headlight. Thunk.
I'd like to take this opportunity to officially apologise to all of their families. I'm sorry.
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