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Pests and the fence
10 Pests NZ
Ferret
Although rabbits are the main diet of ferrets, this mudslide will attack, kill and eat native species. Learn more about this tenacious predator.
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Rabbit
Why are rabbits pests?rabbits are pests because the Europeans brought them here and let them into the wild.
Great White Butterfly
why are great white butterfly pests?The great white butterfly is a pest because it lays eggs in peoples veges and they eat peoples veges also
Weasels
why are weasels pests?weasels are pests because they steal native bird eggs and also eat newborn baby birds!
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Rats
Why are rats pests?rats are pests because in New Zealand they carry and transmit diseases to humans and can cause a wide range of symptoms, including: High fevers.
possims
Why are possums pests?Because possums eat the same food that native birds eat and then the native birds wont have enough food to eat.
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Origin: One of the first animals to be domesticated, 8-10 thousand years ago. The origins of the wild goats, extend around the dry hills of Mediterranean basin, including turkey, Iran, and Pakistan. Goats arrived in Australia with the first fleet in 1788
How did it get here?: European settlers brought them here for food and other entertainment or so they can fight each other or have races
Where is it found?: Feral goats are found within a wide range of habitats, they range from sea level to alpine zone
What problems has it caused?: They are eating native plants such as small Kauri trees and other native plants and eating other native species
What action has been taken?: We, humans, have been eating them because they have meat on them (they are yum) and we have been shooting them for hunting
How common is it?: It is very common on both the north and south island because people shoot them for food and for entertainment of hunting
How to recognize it?: If you go hunting it just looks like a normal goat but quite far away from a goat farm
Other information?: Both males and females and males have horns, and beards
FACTS!
1.did you know that it took them 12 years to plan the fence and it took them only 2 years to build!
2.the fence was $4.2 million dollars and it is 14.4km long
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Reflection:it was hard and challenging to do the graph because we didn't try horizontally so it didn't work and we had to restart.
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