TY - BOOK AU - Morris,Rod AU - Hayden,Peter TI - An extraordinary land: discoveries and mysteries from wild New Zealand SN - 9781869509637 (pbk.) : U1 - 508.93 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Auckland, N.Z. PB - HarperCollins KW - Natural history KW - New Zealand KW - Endemic animals N1 - Includes index N2 - "Our isolation has been a huge advantage. It turned New Zealand into a wild laboratory where evolution could conduct experiments that lead to weird and wonderful outcomes like the kakpo and the giant weta. More recently, scientists are discovering how little we know about the species we thought we knew so well. The authors bring you up to date with these discoveries and give you a snapshot of what is so special about New Zealand wildlife"--Publisher information ER -