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weta

Flightless insect Deinacrida rugosa, 8.5 cm/3.5 in long, resembling a large grasshopper, found on offshore islands of New Zealand.



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Tuatara are sit-and-wait predators," says Daugherty "They sit in front of their burrow all night, in a sort of advertising display [to ward off] other tuatara, and hoping a food item will wander by" They aren't fussy about what they eat: skinks, worms, giant weta crickets, even young tuatara or birds--anything that moves.
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