TY - BOOK AU - Vallance, Nic. AU - Morris,Rod TI - Wild buddies -- and baddies: friendships and unusual relationships in nature T2 - Nic's New Zealand nature SN - 9781869663025 U1 - 577.0993 22 PY - 2012/// CY - Auckland, N.Z. PB - New Holland KW - Ecology KW - New Zealand KW - Juvenile literature KW - Symbiosis KW - Juvenile iterature KW - Nature KW - Effect of human beings on N1 - Includes bibliographical references (page 63) and index; Introduction -- Pesky parasites -- One-sided friendships -- Wildlife win-wins -- Humans: buddies or baddies? N2 - "Explores the co-existence of New Zealand wildlife through one-sided friendships, pesky parasites and friendly win-win relationships. Many plants, animals, fungi and other tiny organisms have grown to live in, on and around each other in order to survive. From tuataras that like to snuggle up to seabirds and rate vines that hug rimu trees ... discover how relationships in the wild really work .. and learn about the role of humans in the envrionment: are we 'baddies' or 'buddies' or both?"--Back cover. Suggested level: primary, intermediate, junior secondary ER -