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This is the stoat - it was introduced in 1878 to control rabbit population - but started eating our endemic birds.

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Takahe have evolved to suit New Zealand grassland.

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This is the kakapo - their main defense is camouflage against birds of prey.

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Kiwi Information

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Kiwi facts: New Zealand's flightless birds | Animal Fact Files

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This a documentary on NZ - from Gondwana to today.

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Chatham Island Taiko - Its population is declining because of feral cats, three species of rat, feral pigs and possums. Even introduced Weka are a danger to the eggs.

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The Tara Iti is suffering population loss from its sand dune habitat being destroyed, pine tree planting and predators, which are dogs, cats, rats, hedgehogs and mustelids preying upon eggs.

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Mokohinau Stag Beetle, which its population was decimated from Maori on food runs, introducing rats onto the island.

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The mamaku is a tree that towers over the normal man - being 20 metres tall. It fills in the niche that other angiosperm had over the world - with their height, they collected sunlight for the plants below.

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Weta filled in the niche that mice had - eating small plants and insects, and now they are some of the heaviest insects in the world.

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Moa filled a niche that deer had, roaming the forest floor and eating plants, it slowly lost its ability to fly - giving it a large neck, and strong large legs.

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Kiwi's became the mammal of New Zealand - whilst still being a bird. It's long beak was to search for insects underground, big body, and strong legs.

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Tuatara made small adaptations to suit the colder weather, but they didn't make many changes. Even scientists think that tuatara look similar to the Gondwana ancestors.

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Evolution and Adaption is when something evolves to better suit its environment - with adaption it learns to suit its environment

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Tipuna means your koro, kuia, and tupuna.

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Offspring, more simply children.

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An invertebrate is a spineless animal, mainly consisting of insects.

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The breaking from Australia which broke off from Gondwana, with being in a new area gave it a new climate, and with the water levels changing Zealandia, with the mountains left to exist, allowing for new things to grow

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And Gondwana contained of South America, Africa, Antarctica, Australia, and Aotearoa.

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They were Laurasia and Gondwana, Laurasia consisting of Europe, Asia, North America, Russia, and India.

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The definition for endemic is a species that is native/restricted to a country.

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Adaptation is when something changes to suit its environment, and evolution is body alteration that happens overtime. They're also distinct from birds around the globe, because of the lack of predators before Maori and European's, they evolved to be ground dweller's, minus the Kea, Morepork, Takahe, Kuaka, and this list can go on and on.