My trip to Wetland
A few weeks ago we went to Whangamarino wetland to find out more about the wetland, what DOC does to preserve it and what animals live in it. In the morning we set off to the Whangamarino wetland to meet Chris and June. They had come down from Hamilton just to talk to us about wetlands and what live in them. So first he showed us some of the traps they use to trap Cats, Stoats, Weasels, and Ferrets. Then we went on a walk through a very wet wetland I mean it was flooded. You could not see some of the fence posts that were used to stop people from going into the wetland and getting lost I assume.
You may not know but eels are becoming extinct because people are finding ig eels and killing them and sometimes not even eating them. The big eels are all females and have not have not mated yet. When eels mate they do not mate in their rivers or creeks they travel to a secret spot around tongo that no one has discovered yet. We also found out that when you dump unwanted kittens on the side of the road or in a wetland they can cause serious trouble to our native birds that live in our wetlands.
It was cool. I forgot what are we doing now?
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