davidb

I have a toshiba. Its great but the apostrophe, full-stop and Delete keys have crapped out. Though thats probably more because I am always eating and drinking around it, as I am on study break so I pretty much eat my breakfast and lunch in front of the computer screen while studying, and I probably spilled something on it.

your tank has enough fish. if you are looknig for a small algae eater a Lawnmower blenny might be an option

:lol: @ Luke. My Fav would have to be Watching from the edge of extinction from Stearns and Stearns or anything my Gerald Durrell

and the panda dog-

here are some pics i took while playing round with my new Canon 400D, I hope you like.

Haha, something like that... no its more for when you are using slow shutter speeds, you dont shake the camera

Am looking at getting a camera remote for my Canon 400D so I can do landscapes with my tripod. Was looking at trademe and they have Infra-red wireless remotes for $16 and wired ones for $18. Why are the wireless ones so cheap? are they any good, I dont want something cheap that will crap out on me. And because everyone loves photos, here is one I took today-

we used to have the Haast eagle- wouldn't it be cool if that was still alive- It would be able to swoop down and pick up defenseless humans in its talons! :lol:

I love Kiwis, always have done... The reason why they cant fly (and Kakapo cant fly) is they have evolved in an ecosystem free of mammalian predators, and have adapted to a niche where flight was not necessary

Soooooooooo mature! :lol:

Naultinus elegans

has that little bit of tissue damage healed up yet Conch?

we didnt have for here this morning. just lots of rain!

only females LA... Male South African mantids are also skinny

NZ mantis has blue elbows

Oh boy!

Thats not a black robin Caryl- black Robins look like this- The one in your photo is probably a south Island Robin

no recent evidence proves only 800 years ago Olly

Do you only have elegans at the moment? At present we have 5 Hoplodactylus granulatus... Need some jewelled geckos now!

sorry- I was typing fast!

Yes thats a kea

Its Nautilinus elegans if im not mistaken.

link?

Could be tree wetas or ground wetas. got a photo? I was feeding Ground wetas to kokopu and they loved them

You clearly do not know the amount of money that goes into pest management in NZ... I think it is totally understandable that MaF and DoC err on the side of caution when it comes to introducting new animals into New Zealand. Under the Hasardours Substances and New Organisms Act you need Environmental Risk Management Authority (ERMA) approval. "New Zealand now has a comprehensive regime in place to assess the impact of all ‘new organisms' before they are introduced. The role of [ERMA] is to decide if they represent a threat to the environment, or to public health and safety. The emphasis is on assessing the risks of introduction – and then weighing up the costs and benefits to the environment, the economy and society." I suppose that answers your question BK