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=pythons= The Green Tree Python is around 7 feet long and lives in…you guessed it...the trees! It waits in the leaves of the high forest branches and strikes out at birds as they fly by.

they are so cool



Pythons live near the equator, in Asia and Africa, where it is hot and wet and their huge bodies can stay warm. They make their homes in caves or in trees and have become used to living in cities and towns since people have been moving in on their territory.

. Being closer to people means that not only will the snakes hunt the livestock (pigs, goats, dogs, cats and chickens), it also means that they may attack people when feeling threatened, although this rarely happens.

Speaking of feeling threatened, one of the biggest reasons that pythons are killed is for their large, beautiful skins. Some people actually like to wear snakeskin pants, vests, cowboy boots, and shoes!

Pythons are constrictors, which means that they will ‘squeeze’ the life out of their prey. They coil themselves around their prey and with each breathe the creature takes the snake will squeeze a little tighter until they stop breathing completely. Once the heart stops the prey is swallowed whole. The entire animal is digested in the snake’s stomach except for fur or feathers. What do you think happens to the fur, feathers, beaks, and eggshells? The ‘extra stuff’ gets passed out as… you guessed it…snake POOP!

Along with farm animals, pythons will feed on wild animals such as lizards, caiman (small alligator-like animals), monkeys and antelope. The larger the meal, the longer it takes to digest. This means that a python may only need to eat 4-5 times a year!

Pythons lay eggs and will coil their bodies around the eggs to keep them warm and protect them from ather anumels until hatching.

Python is the common name for a group of non-venomous constricting snakes, specifically the family Pythonidae. Other sources consider this group a subfamily of the Boas (Pythoninae). Pythons are more related to boas than to any other snake-family. There is also a genus within Pythonidae which carries the name Python (Daudin, 1803). Pythons are distinguishable from boas in that they have teeth on the premaxilla, a small bone at the very front and center of the upper jaw. Most boas produce live young, while pythons produce eggs. Some species of sand boas (Ericinae) are also called python.hi rhiann its mae




 * NEW ZEALAND FALCON (Karearea) //Falco novaeseelandiae//**


 * Size:** 41-48cm.


 * Status:** Threatened.


 * Range:** Throughout main islands but rare north of the Volcanic Plateau of the central North Island. Some off-shore and outlying islands.


 * Habitat:** Native forests, more particularly in hilly districts.


 * Food:** Birds and small mammals.


 * Voice:** A staccato call “Kek-kek-kek-kek”.


 * Breeding:** October-December. Two to four eggs, reddish brown with chocolate blotches.


 * General:** Females are generally bigger and more richly coloured than the males. Young are darker. **Fully protected.**



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 * The avifauna is the most striking feature of New Zealand biodiversity, and most strongly represents the evolution of unique species in a long period of isolation without mammals. Native birds have suffered the greatest losses from human occupation, particularly since the introduction of predatory mammals. A total of 197 native terrestrial, coastal and oceanic bird species have been identified in New Zealand. Forty-nine (47 percent) terrestrial birds have become extinct since human colonisation 700 years ago.

[|Native Birds - Resources on NZ Falcon]

[|Facts: New Zealand falcon/kārearea]

[|Fascinating falcon facts: NZ Falcon New Zealand endangered bird of prey]