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Wairarapa Day Trippin'
May. 5th, 2013 03:26 pmIt is one of those things isn't it? You never go see the cool stuff in your local area. Unless you are showing it to an out of town visitor that is. Which is my way of getting around to saying that I took GUFF delegate Mihaela over to Pukaha Mount Bruce Wildlife sanctuary yesterday. It must be 15 years since I was last there - it was cool then and it is even better now.
They have a Kiwi house there these days. They have an albino one and it was very active and easy to see in the darkened environment (nocturnal y'know). The Kiwi is our national bird, yet we only see them in this captive state. But what prompted me to those initial comments was that last time I saw a Kiwi was in a Zoo in California many years ago. Crazy.
Oh yes, they also have Tuatara at Mount Bruce. An ancient reptile that spends most of its time motionless. So awesome that they named a supercar after it.
They have a Kiwi house there these days. They have an albino one and it was very active and easy to see in the darkened environment (nocturnal y'know). The Kiwi is our national bird, yet we only see them in this captive state. But what prompted me to those initial comments was that last time I saw a Kiwi was in a Zoo in California many years ago. Crazy.
Oh yes, they also have Tuatara at Mount Bruce. An ancient reptile that spends most of its time motionless. So awesome that they named a supercar after it.