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discostoo
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No bugs or animals in New Zealand??? wtf?
#6698067 - 03/22/07 01:40 AM (17 years, 12 days ago) |
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so me and some buds are thinkin of going somewhere this summer, when one of them suggested New Zealand, reason being... Theres no bugs of any sort, mosquitoes, ants, spiders, etc... Or bears, cougars... Any kind of predator large enough to hurt you. So you could do a shit load of acid, and just wonder through the woods tripping.
I'm thinking to myself that this is complete bull shit. Can anyone shed some light on the situation
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Hanky
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Re: No bugs or animals in New Zealand??? wtf? [Re: discostoo]
#6698101 - 03/22/07 02:03 AM (17 years, 12 days ago) |
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Where did you get the idea that there's no bugs?
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discostoo
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Re: No bugs or animals in New Zealand??? wtf? [Re: Hanky]
#6698110 - 03/22/07 02:10 AM (17 years, 12 days ago) |
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Theres like five guys trying to feed me that, and they're absolutely convinced.
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Re: No bugs or animals in New Zealand??? wtf? [Re: discostoo]
#6698114 - 03/22/07 02:12 AM (17 years, 12 days ago) |
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i believe bugs are everywhere but i have never been to new zealand.
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discostoo
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Re: No bugs or animals in New Zealand??? wtf? [Re: maggotz]
#6698116 - 03/22/07 02:13 AM (17 years, 12 days ago) |
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thats exactly what i thought man
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Hanky
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Re: No bugs or animals in New Zealand??? wtf? [Re: discostoo]
#6698117 - 03/22/07 02:15 AM (17 years, 12 days ago) |
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discostoo
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Re: No bugs or animals in New Zealand??? wtf? [Re: Hanky]
#6698125 - 03/22/07 02:19 AM (17 years, 12 days ago) |
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haha yeah i guess i could have, but you never know... google could lie, while a forum of stoners and drug addicts could be right
...you never know man.
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Re: No bugs or animals in New Zealand??? wtf? [Re: discostoo]
#6698197 - 03/22/07 03:19 AM (17 years, 12 days ago) |
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righhttt.. and aliens spawned the human race... and invented popcorn!
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Brugman
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Re: No bugs or animals in New Zealand??? wtf? [Re: discostoo]
#6698292 - 03/22/07 04:49 AM (17 years, 12 days ago) |
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pretty sure bugs are everywhere! Maybe not the artic poles.
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indica
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Re: No bugs or animals in New Zealand??? wtf? [Re: Brugman]
#6698358 - 03/22/07 06:02 AM (17 years, 12 days ago) |
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wtf man
of course there's fuckin bugs in new zealand, what would the fuckin birds eat?
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Liz
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Re: No bugs or animals in New Zealand??? wtf? [Re: discostoo]
#6698407 - 03/22/07 06:40 AM (17 years, 12 days ago) |
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No no, it's true. They put up a HUGE mosquito net all around New Zealand so that no bugs, birds or other flying animals could get in.
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Re: No bugs or animals in New Zealand??? wtf? [Re: Liz]
#6698422 - 03/22/07 06:56 AM (17 years, 12 days ago) |
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yeah that's why the resort to sheep
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Re: No bugs or animals in New Zealand??? wtf? [Re: discostoo]
#6698430 - 03/22/07 06:59 AM (17 years, 12 days ago) |
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Your friends are retarded; there are bugs... but PM Sheepish to confirm.
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Liz
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Re: No bugs or animals in New Zealand??? wtf? [Re: discostoo]
#6698435 - 03/22/07 07:04 AM (17 years, 12 days ago) |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_animals
The animals of New Zealand have a particularly interesting history because, before the arrival of humans, probably less than 1,300 years ago, the country was completely free of mammals, except those that could swim there (seals, sea lions, and, off-shore, whales) or fly there (bats). This meant that all the ecological niches occupied by mammals elsewhere were occupied by either insects or birds, leading to an unusually large number of flightless birds, including the Kiwi, the Moa, and the Kakapo. Because of the lack of predators even the bats spend most of their time on the ground. There are also about 60 species of lizard (30 each of gecko and skink), and four species of frog (all rare and endangered).
Humans first arrived via the Pacific islands, bringing with them the Polynesian Rat (Kiore) and the domesticated dog. Europeans later brought pigs, ferrets, stoats, mice, rats, dogs, cats, sheep, cattle, and many other mammals. Of these, the rats, ferrets, cats, stoats and dogs have all seriously impacted on the New Zealand fauna, driving many species to extinction. Possums were introduced from Australia for a fur industry, and deer from Europe as game animals, both seriously damaging the forest habitat of many birds.
In recent years, successful efforts have been made to remove possums, rats, ferrets, and other mammals from many offshore islands, large and small, in an effort to return these places to something more closely resembling their original state. An estimated 30 tons of dead possums were removed from Kapiti Island, for example. Similarly, efforts are being made to control such species in selected locations on the mainland. In a further step, in certain mainland reserves mammals are being completely eliminated within predator-proof fences creating ecological islands. Examples are the Karori Wildlife Sanctuary in Wellington City, from which about a ton of dead possums was removed after the installation of a mammal-proof fence, and the Maungatautari Restoration Project.
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Re: No bugs or animals in New Zealand??? wtf? [Re: Liz]
#6698440 - 03/22/07 07:10 AM (17 years, 12 days ago) |
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yeah humans suck, especially the white ones. and their meat tastes funny.
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TheHateCamel
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Re: No bugs or animals in New Zealand??? wtf? [Re: discostoo]
#6698481 - 03/22/07 07:46 AM (17 years, 12 days ago) |
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Some of the largest bugs and worms in the world live in New Zealand.
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shriek
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Re: No bugs or animals in New Zealand??? wtf? [Re: WhiskeyClone]
#6698613 - 03/22/07 09:15 AM (17 years, 11 days ago) |
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lol yeah nz is full of bugs
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pretty sure bugs are everywhere! Maybe not the artic poles
actually there are bugs on the poles as well, there is no escaping from bugs
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RuNE
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Re: No bugs or animals in New Zealand??? wtf? [Re: shriek]
#6698622 - 03/22/07 09:20 AM (17 years, 11 days ago) |
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What types?
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Re: No bugs or animals in New Zealand??? wtf? [Re: RuNE]
#6698653 - 03/22/07 09:30 AM (17 years, 11 days ago) |
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midges
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Maverick
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Re: No bugs or animals in New Zealand??? wtf? [Re: shriek]
#6698667 - 03/22/07 09:36 AM (17 years, 11 days ago) |
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NZ has some unique and beautiful species of earwigs.
I like earwigs, they're my favorite insect!
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