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Has COTW uncovered an entirely new species?
Last week's Critter of the Week, the tongue louse (Cymothoidae species) has caused a bit of a stir Jesse talks to Mike Dickison about what happened when he attempted to attach our COTW session to the… Audio
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Critter of the Week: The tongue louse!
This week's critter is one of nature's weirdest creatures. The tongue louse (Cymothoidae species) makes its forever home inside the mouth of a hapless host fish, cutting off the tongue and replacing… Audio
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Critter of the Week: Minute Grasshopper
This week's critter is the Minute grasshopper, one of the smallest, cutest and rarest of our endemic grasshoppers. It's a lumbering grasshopper that's great at camouflage and enjoys relaxing in the… Audio
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Critter of the Week: Sea hares
Sea hares are a type of sea slug. But unlike the nudibranchs covered back in 2016, these slugs can get pretty big: around 30cm long! One type of sea hare, known from a 2006 sighting in the Poor… Audio
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Critter of the Week: Hairworms
This week's critter is the Hairworm, also referred to by Nic Toki as the real-life Alien movie creatures! Audio
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Critter of the Week: Slaters
Slaters, or woodlice, are part of the isopod family. They're a type of crustacean - like crabs and crayfish - but they moved from the oceans onto the land millions of years ago. There are probably… Audio
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Critter of the Week: The Hoodwinker Sunfish
This week's critter is the Hoodwinker Sunfish, a large fish found in the southern waters around New Zealand and South America. They can grow up to 3 metres in length and weigh up to 2 tones. Audio
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Critter of the Week: Southland green skink
Nicola Toki has a new job as the Chief Executive Kaiwhakahaere Matua of Forest and Bird. But she hasn't forgotten her most important job - COTW! This week: A chunky skink (or 'robust' in reptile… Audio
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Critter of the Week: The broad-cheeked gecko
This week's critter is a taonga species on the brink of extinction. The broad-cheeked gecko, Mokoprirakau "Okarito", lives in lush forests and alpine shrublands in South Westland. Audio, Gallery
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Critter of the Week: Shady fishing spider
The spider, Dolomedes dondalei, comes out at night to go fishing along shady waterways throughout the country. It can literally walk on water and uses its velvety forelegs to fish up its dinner. Audio
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Critter of the Week: Long-snouted pipefish
This week’s critter is a long skinny fish that looks like a ribbon of seaweed. It’s a weak swimmer and hangs out in seaweed meadows around the east coast of Aotearoa. Audio
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Critter of the Week: Mycena roseoflava
Audio 18 Mar 2022This week's critter is a native Glow-in-the-dark Mushroom. Last year, the annual Fungal Foray was held on Rakiura Stewart Island. While hunting around in the forest at night, keen amateur and… Audio
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Critter of the Week: Chatham Islands' pleasing fungus beetle
This week's critter is 'A pleasing fungus beetle', a secretive and endangered beetle from Rangiauria in the Chatham Islands. We don't know much about the pleasing fungus beetle, Cryptodacne… Audio
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Critter of the Week T-shirt profits donated to Mohua Marine Trust
Audio 11 Mar 2022All of the profits from our Critter of the Week t-shirt sales go to our environmental heroes doing volunteer work to help our native flora and fauna. Today Jesse calls the latest recipients of the… Audio
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Critter of the Week: Robust Skink
Described as a 'sausage with legs', the Robust skink is our largest native lizard species. It's a real beauty with big, dark eyes and rusty colouring but its large body and night-time habits make it… Audio
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Critter of the Week: Land planarians or flatworms
Land planarians are found throughout Aotearoa in damp forests. They come in a variety of colours and patterns but many of our unique species are still unknown. They attack unsuspecting prey with… Audio
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Critter of the Week: Prickly king crab
The native Prickly king crab, Paralomis zealandica, is one of the least cuddly critters imaginable. It's covered all over in strong rosy spikes and lives in the cold depths of the southern Pacific… Audio
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Critter of the Week: The saltwater mosquito
If you got a painful mozzie bite while relaxing at the beach this summer, it might have been a female naeroa or saltwater mosquito (Opifex fuscus) looking for a tasty blood meal. Naeroa are unique to… Audio
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Critter of the Week: Flying Duck Orchid
This week's critter is an endangered orchid that looks like a miniature flying duck with a head covered in glossy warts. The flying duck orchid hoodwinks hapless male wasps with a sneaky trapdoor… Audio
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Critter of the Week: Abel Tasman Predatory Tree-climbing Snail
This week's critter is the critically endangered carnivorous snail Rhytida occonori that lives in just two locations in the beautiful Abel Tasman National Park. Audio
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Critter of the Week Bluebottle Jellyfish/ Portuguese man of war
This DOC threatened species ambassador Nic Toki wants people to be able to enjoy and appreciate the nature - but maybe not love it too much. This week's critter is one that people might also want to… Audio, Gallery
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Critter of the Week - Twin-tailed Salp
Salps are gender-fluid, translucent jelly-beans which band together to form long chains, travelling the oceans in a gelatinous tunic! The world's largest salp is called the Twin-sailed Salp and was… Audio
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Critter of the Week - Takatimu Gecko
This week's critter is the mysterious Takitimu gecko that lives in the scree slopes and subalpine forests of Southland's mountains. Audio, Gallery
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Critter of the Week: Chatham Islands' stag beetle
This week’s critter is the Chatham Islands’ stag beetle. There are only two species of stag beetle surviving on the Chathams and both are endangered, living in fragmented habitats and vulnerable to… Audio
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Critter of the Week: Tailed Forest Spider
Audio 26 Nov 2021This week's critter is the Tailed Forest Spider. Also called scorpion-tailed spiders or drag-tailed spiders, the female Tailed Forest Spider, Arachnura feredayi, has a long body that looks like an… Audio