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Web conferences and kea experts

Web conference 1

The following questions from Weston School are answered by Tamsin Orr-Walker from the Kea Conservation Trust:

What do you learn from Massey University when they examine the dead birds?
How long can kea survive without water or food?
We know that kea like to imitate and mock people. Has a kea ever mocked or imitated you?
How high in altitude and how far can a kea fly?
How are the kea affected by 1080 poisoning?
Why are there no kea in the North Island or Stewart Island?
Will DOC ever think about taking kea to the North Island or Stewart Island? Why/why not?
What is the difference between kea, kaka and kakapo?
Where are kea most densely populated and why?
Can you tell the difference between a male and female kea just by looking at them?

Play the Adobe Connect recording at http://connect.vln.school.nz/p178ua1z4ds/ (30 minutes).

Web conference 2

The following questions from St Clair School and Westbrook School are answered in web conference 2 by Tamsin Orr-Walker from the Kea Conservation Trust:

How far can a kea see and can newly hatched kea chicks see?
How old can a kea become in the wild compared to zoos?
In a year how far would a kea fly?
How do kea keep warm in the snow on the mountains?
How many chicks do kea usually raise and how many of these hatch and reach maturity?
Does eating human food affect keas?
How do you go about looking for kea in the forest or in the mountains? (what do you look for?)
What made you want to study the kea and other endangered animals?
If the kea became extinct, what effect would that have on the eco-system down there?
What can WE as kiwi kids do to help the kea?
Why aren’t there any kea in the North Island?