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weta
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weta [ˈwɛtə]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various wingless insects of the family Stenopelmatidae of New Zealand, with long spiny legs
[Maori]


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The Department of Conservation wants to airdrop millions of pellets of rat poison on the island to kill the tens of thousands of Kiore it believes are threatening the existence of endemic animals such as the Tuatara lizard and the Giant Weta insect.
The heaviest insect on record was a pregnant Giant Weta, a rare New Zealand species that weighed in at just over 2oz (71g).
Tuatara are sit-and-wait predators," says Daugherty "They sit in front of their burrow all night, in a sort of advertising display [to ward off] other tuatara, and hoping a food item will wander by" They aren't fussy about what they eat: skinks, worms, giant weta crickets, even young tuatara or birds--anything that moves.
 
 
 
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