Animals Before humans settled in New Zealand, it would have been an extremely noisy place! Large tracts of lush native bush supported an incredible variety of bird life. As they evolved, wings became unnecessary for some birds, as they had no natural predators to fly away from. As a result...
Even though commercial whaling does not now pose such a significant threat to the welfare of native New Zealand animals, present day threats to the population include global climate change, habitat degradation, and fishing operations through the accumulation of pollutants in the seas and entanglement ...
WELLINGTON, April 19 (Xinhua) -- An environmental report released on Thursday found New Zealand is damaging and losing soils and native plants and animals. The report, published by the Ministry for the Environment and New Zealand's statistics department Stats NZ, helped track the positive and ...
New Zealand has a lot of (the only one of kind) native animals, including fish, insects, birds and frogs.相关知识点: 试题来源: 解析 unique 考查同义转换。the only one of kind表示“唯一的一种”,其同义即unique,表示“唯一的,独一无二的”。句意:新西兰有很多独一无二的本土动物,包括鱼、昆虫...
1)New Zealand’s geography:①New Zealand is in the Southern Pacific Ocean,halfway between the equator and the South Pole. 新西兰地处南太平洋，位于赤道和南极之间。②The size of the country is similar to Britain or Japan.It has two main islands:North Island and South Island 新西兰的面积与英国...
The main threat to many of New Zealand's native plants and animals comes from introduced predators such as possums, rats and stoats. Monitoring showed most native species were not at significant risk from 1080 operations, said the DOC website. ...
New Zealand (ˈziːlənd) n (Placename) an independent dominion within the Commonwealth, occupying two main islands (the North Island and the South Island), Stewart Island, the Chatham Islands, and a number of minor islands in the SE Pacific: original Māori inhabitants ceded sovereignty...
Plants and Animals Many of New Zealands native flowering plants are unique. A rich variety of trees, treeferns, ground ferns, mosses and other plants make up “the bush”, as New Zealanders call their forests. Besides, New Zealand has 250 species o 5、f birds including the kiwi, a New...
If New Zealand has lots of unique animals, it's also got a whole lot of unique plants. Find out more about some of them, and the roles they play in different natural ecosystems.
In New Zealand, possums(负鼠) are not native(当地的) animals. They came here by boat with theisland's first humans in the 13th century. Possumswere introduced because people wanted ther fur forwarm clothes.But the number of possums in New Zealandisgrowing at a terriby high speed. And ...