Meanwhile in New Zealand...

Sep 09, 2013 17:27

Meet the giant weta, native to New Zealand. There are over seventy species; sixteen are endangered.

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NOM NOM NOM.

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Bugged weta. Radio-transmitting wetas. Also, bummer :(

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Mercury Island tusked weta. They're tusks, not jaws. The males use them to push around rival males.

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