Red Pandas

A red panda is a mammal.
The Chinese name for a red panda is Hunho or Fire Fox, due to their colour and similar size to a fox. They have two arms, two legs and two eyes.
The red panda lives in and is to be found in trees.
The red panda can dive in water to get [...]

Red Necked Wallabies

A wallaby is a marsupial because it has got a pouch.
It has got a pouch, a long tail, two long legs, fur, two feet, a head and ears.  
You can find them in the Southern parts of Australia.
They some times kick humans.  They eat plants.  They sleep, bounce, run, smell and hop.  They can kick hard. [...]

Maui’s Dolphin

Maui’s dolphins are sea mammals.
Dolphins have smooth grey skin on their bodies, a long snout, two fins on their sides, one fin on their back and a tail. They have an air hole on top of their heads to breathe out of.  They have up to 200 pointed teeth.
Dolphins live in the sea. All Hector’s [...]

Fleas

Fleas are pest insects.
Fleas have flat bodies which are shiny and hard. They have six legs.
Fleas live in places where it’s not too hot and not too cold. They live on certain animals such as dogs and cats.
When fleas suck blood they put saliva into the bite, so that it sucks blood easier. If a [...]

Komodo Dragons

Komodo Dragons are lizards and reptiles. It belongs to the group of lizards called monitor.
The Komodo Dragon is the largest lizard.  They have long necks & thick skin. They have powerful legs & strong claws. It can weigh up to 100 kgs.Komodo Dragons live on Komodo Island.
Komodo Dragons touch & smell other Komodo Dragons.  It [...]

Tigers

Tigers are mammals. They are part of the cat family. They are big cats.
They mostly are orange, white and black. An adult tiger has thirty teeth. Its black fur is its shortest fur and its longest fur is on its stomach.  Tigers that live in cold place such as Siberia have the longest [...]

Koalas

Koalas are marsupial mammals.
Koalas have short thick tails. Their nose and ears are large. Koalas weigh between 4 and 15 kgs.  The Koala’s claws are sharp for climbing trees.  The Koala’s fur is ash grey.
Koalas live in Eastern Australia.  Koalas can be found in the wild forest.
Koalas eat gum leaves.  Koalas also eat other types [...]

Tarsier

A Tarsier is a primate.
A Tarsier has suction cups on the ends of is feet and it is tiny.
You can find Tarsier in the dense rain forests on the South East Asian islands of the Philippines, Sulawesi, Borneo and Sumatra.  
Tarsiers eat insects, small birds and lizards.
A Tarsier’s eyes are bigger than its brain.
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Maui’s Dolphin

The Maui’s dolphin is a mammal. Dolphins are small whales.
They are blue. Dolphins have their noses on their head.  Most have a long snout crammed with up to 200 small pointed teeth ideal for catching other fish.
Most are creatures of the open sea.  They live in the sea near Raglan, New Plymouth, Dargaville, Kaipara harbour [...]

Tarsier

A Tarsier is a primate.
A Tarsier has suction cups on the ends of its toes. They are the size of your thumb. Tarsiers have a very small head and body, but very long hind legs. A Tarsier has a short tail.
You can find Tarsiers in rain forests on the Philippines, Sulawesi, Borneo and Sumatra.
Tarsiers eat [...]

Blue Whales

Blue Whales are warm blooded mammals.
Blue Whales are blue, big and they have soft teeth and they are the longest mammal in the world.
Whale’s live in seas.
Blue Whales eat krill and some other whales don’t.
Whales are going to be food for people in Japan. They hunt them with sharp harpoons.
An adult Blue Whale can eat [...]

Moa

Moa’s were flightless birds and they were herbivores.
Moas had rounded beaks and brown feathers, they didn’t have ears and they had two legs.
They lived somewhere in New Zealand
Moas ate plants, took care of their children and made their nest on the ground.
Moas could not hear. They were even bigger than the emu.
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Komodo Dragon

The Komodo Dragon is a reptile and a lizard.
They have long necks, strong tails, rough skin, sharp teeth and claws. They also grow to about 2 meters and can weigh about 100 kilograms.They are only found on the island of Komodo in Indonesia.
They hunt at day and sleep in caves at night. They are [...]

Lego Robot

 

I made a Lego Robot called Halo.
It has machine guns, rocket launchers and cannons. It is very powerful and it is the only one of its kind.
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On My Bike

On Saturday I went on my bike while my mum and my brother were at his carer.  They were at somebody’s having lunch.
Me and dad went to Hamilton East on our bikes.  We had Subway.  I had a bicky.  My dad had a roll.
Then we rode back on our bikes.  My dad came first up [...]

Tane’s Weta

In the beginning Tane created a little bug and named it Weta. That weta helped Tane keep the trees and forest clean.
Tane also made Weta’s children. He made Cave Weta, Tree Weta, Ground Weta, Tusked Weta and Giant Weta. Weta and all his children would hide in places that are dark and [...]

Tane’s Weta

In the beginning Tane created a beautiful forest. He made some animals. One of those animals was called Weta. Tane commanded the six wetas to forage across the forest floor cleaning the forest.
One night Tane was walking in the forest where weta was working. Tane accidentally trod on five weta. [...]

Tane’s Weta

In the beginning somebody called Tane created beautiful forests with lots of animals.
One day Tane didn’t see the weta and they got squished.  On Tane’s foot there was the father of the Weta that got squished.  Tane felt sorry for the father weta.  So Tane gave them strong hard armour.
The first weta was called Giant [...]

Tane’s Weta

Once upon a time Tane created a beautiful with a lot of trees reaching up to the sky.  All the trees and ferns made the forest very dark.  Among the insects Tane created a small, soft bodied insect that Tane called weta.
“Weta, said Tane, “ you can help me by making the forest clean and [...]

Tane’s Weta

Once upon a time Tane created a forest and he said, “Weta can you please clean the forest floor at night?”
One night Tane went for a walk in the forest .  He crushed five weta.  The sixth weta jumped on Tane’s foot and he said, “You have crushed five of my children.”
Tane said, “At the [...]

Tane’s Weta

In the beginning Tane created a beautiful forest with giant trees.  Lizards crawled, birds sang and insects buzzed.
But then Tane stepped on five weta.  So Tane gave them five new protections.
They were cave weta which lived in caves and Giant Weta that lived in bark, bushes and river flats.  Then there’s Tree Weta that live [...]

Tane’s Weta

In the beginning Tane created a forest with big, beautiful trees and bees buzzing, birds singing and insects making noises.
One night Tane was walking in the forest and with his big feet he stood on five weta and killed them. He said sorry to their mums and dads.
The next day he made five new [...]