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I shot a Kiwi in my back garden

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I shot a Kiwi in my back garden

Postby Killakoala on Sun Jan 09, 2005 5:49 pm

I found this critter foraging around my back garden. And i thought they were native to New Zealand. perhaps this one escape from a Zoo or someone's luggage.

Should i call AQIS or RSPCA???

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Postby mudder on Sun Jan 09, 2005 5:55 pm

Dunno if it's a Kiwi or Bigfoot's baby!!! :lol:

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Postby Greg B on Sun Jan 09, 2005 6:00 pm

Holy mutation batman, look at those plates of meat....
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Postby Deano on Sun Jan 09, 2005 6:23 pm

Those are socks. It must be a South Island Brown.

My wife regularly almost shoots a Kiwi (me).

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Postby sirhc55 on Sun Jan 09, 2005 6:32 pm

You sure it did not escape from your ship Killa????

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Re: I shot a Kiwi in my back garden

Postby Manta on Sun Jan 09, 2005 6:32 pm

Killakoala wrote:Should i call AQIS ...


Leave us alone Killa - we get enough wierdos calling us !!! :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Postby Onyx on Sun Jan 09, 2005 6:38 pm

 LOL, adopt it as your pet. Take it everywhere and make every frame you shoot featured in it somewhere.
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Postby sheepie on Sun Jan 09, 2005 7:00 pm

Deano wrote:Those are socks. It must be a South Island Brown.

My wife regularly almost shoots a Kiwi (me).

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Deano - where is your avatar taken? It looks familiar
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Postby sheepie on Sun Jan 09, 2005 9:05 pm

Onyx wrote:LOL, adopt it as your pet. Take it everywhere and make every frame you shoot featured in it somewhere.


hehe - we started doing this once - My wife had a stuffed elephant - we have pics of it enjoying the boiling mudpools in Rotorua (NZ).

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Postby Matt. K on Sun Jan 09, 2005 9:51 pm

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For Gods sake don't go any where near that damn thing! They are deadly poison and vicious to boot. And don't let them spread over the mainland...they are worse than canetoads! Kill it Killa!
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Postby Deano on Mon Jan 10, 2005 9:50 am

sheepie wrote:Deano - where is your avatar taken? It looks familiar


Sheepie,

It's on the west coast of the South Island of Un Zud. The Wife and I did a two week motorcycling tour of the South Island in 2002. The photo ops were fantastic. We stole a small rubber pig from a mate and it featured in many of our photos.

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Postby Raydar on Mon Jan 10, 2005 9:53 am

If you sneak up to it from behind & give it a real hard kick in the butt you will make an instant moccasin out of it, then all you have to do is find another to get a pair :wink:

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Postby xerubus on Mon Jan 10, 2005 9:59 am

unbelievable... as if there isn't enough new zealanders here already!!!!!

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Postby Matt. K on Mon Jan 10, 2005 10:00 am

Killa
Maybe...take 2 cloves af garlic and a length of fresh ginger. 3 fresh chillies...a well seasoned wok etc etc?
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Postby sheepie on Mon Jan 10, 2005 11:18 am

xerubus wrote:unbelievable... as if there isn't enough new zealanders here already!!!!!
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Hrrmmmm - don't know about this forum anymore, first they started picking on accountants, now you're starting on Kiwi's!

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Postby skippy on Tue Jan 11, 2005 12:40 am

Killa, top effort freezing the motion there. Must have been hard to capture the moment and have it look like it was motionless! :D
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