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  1. The two pictures of brown feathers below belong to a kiwi and a weka.

    Which feathers belong to a weka?

    A picture of brown feathers

  2. How many types of robin species are there in New Zealand?

    1. 5

    2. 3

    3. 4

  3. Whio/Blue duck are rarer than some kiwi species, true or false?

  4. A person who studies lizards is called…

    1. A herpetologist

    2. An ornithologist

    3. An ichthyologist

  5. What species of bird is on a $5 note?

    1. Whio/Blue duck

    2. Kārearea/ NZ falcon

    3. Hoiho/Yellow-eyed penguin

  6. Black stilt/kakī chicks can hunt and swim only hours after hatching – true or false?

  7. New Zealand native frogs are different from frogs around the world because they have…

    1. no external eardrum

    2. round eyes (not slits)

    3. both of the above

  8. What percent of New Zealand’s native fern plants occur nowhere else in the world?

    1. 40%

    2. 20%

    3. 30%

  9. New Zealand peripatus/ngaokeoke (aka Velvet worms) have how many pairs of legs?

    1. 13 – 16 pairs

    2. 23 – 32 pairs

    3. Up to 43 pairs

  10. Most New Zealand sea lions breed on…

    1. Figure of Eight Island

    2. Dundas Island

    3. Auckland Islands

    4. Enderby Island

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