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CN Club Nouméa Member Wanganui Joined: May 03, 2010 Posts: 459	CN Club Nouméa Posted posted on Sat, Nov 19, 2011 11:04 PM On 2011-11-05 19:37, komohana wrote: The Kea are New Zealand parrots, south island i think, Club Noumea might know more about them. Aren't they the birds that destroy cars up in the snow fields? Whoops! Missed this one - yes, that's right, and keas are clever, evil birds with a malicious sense of humour. They like doing stuff like chewing the rubber bits off car windscreen wipers, or ripping out the rubber insulation strips holding car windows in place. They are quite large birds too. When I was a kid and my family was at Arthur's Pass once, dad had just parked the car when a big one landed on the bonnet, squatted, and made an enormous mess all over the hood. Dad was NOT impressed! Incidentally, here's a hunter spider I caught in the bathroom. She is longer than she looks: she just wouldn't stay still while I was trying to take a photo - kept rearing up: Her abdomen alone was just over an inch long, which is large for spiders here. Somewhat blurry side view: These things aren't poisonous, but they're not the sort of thing you accidentally want to tread on (very messy...), and they are fearless. Most spiders here either freeze or run away from humans; these ones advance towards you. CN Toto, j'ai l'impression que nous ne sommes plus au Kansas ! [ Edited by: Club Nouméa 2011-11-19 23:10 ] [ Edited by: Club Nouméa 2011-11-19 23:13 ] [ Edited by: Club Nouméa 2011-11-19 23:13 ]

On 2011-11-05 19:37, komohana wrote:

The Kea are New Zealand parrots, south island i think, Club Noumea might know more about them.
Aren't they the birds that destroy cars up in the snow fields?

Whoops! Missed this one - yes, that's right, and keas are clever, evil birds with a malicious sense of humour. They like doing stuff like chewing the rubber bits off car windscreen wipers, or ripping out the rubber insulation strips holding car windows in place. They are quite large birds too. When I was a kid and my family was at Arthur's Pass once, dad had just parked the car when a big one landed on the bonnet, squatted, and made an enormous mess all over the hood. Dad was NOT impressed!

Incidentally, here's a hunter spider I caught in the bathroom. She is longer than she looks: she just wouldn't stay still while I was trying to take a photo - kept rearing up:

Her abdomen alone was just over an inch long, which is large for spiders here. Somewhat blurry side view:

These things aren't poisonous, but they're not the sort of thing you accidentally want to tread on (very messy...), and they are fearless. Most spiders here either freeze or run away from humans; these ones advance towards you.

Toto, j'ai l'impression que nous ne sommes plus au Kansas !

[ Edited by: Club Nouméa 2011-11-19 23:10 ]

[ Edited by: Club Nouméa 2011-11-19 23:13 ]

Post #614614 by Club Nouméa on Sat, Nov 19, 2011 11:04 PM