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Born in the forest, |
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they stay in the forest, |
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while Mum and Dad bring fresh meals straight from the ocean. |
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They can hear the waves, |
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they can even smell the spray, |
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but they have no idea what it looks like. |
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These chicks won't have their first splash in the ocean |
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until they're three months old, |
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when they'll finally set off on their first fishing trip, alone. |
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1,500 miles from the nearest continent, |
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New Zealand is beyond the reach of most mammals. |
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Marine mammals aside, |
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the only ones that did succeed, |
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before humans arrived, had wings. |
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Bats. |
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This is the short-tailed bat. |
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It roosts in tree cavities and comes out at night to feed. |
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So far, so normal. |
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But these bats have been living the island life |
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far too long not to have become a little ''different''. |
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And they're not the only ones. |
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Wetas are primitive relatives of the locust, |
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but they can't fly. |
