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Monsters of the Deep
Monsters
On April the 25th 1977 trawling for mackerel off the New Zealand coast the Zuto Maru snagged the rotting carcass of a huge sea creature. Concerned it would ruin the rest of their catch the Captain ordered the mysterious creature to be dumped over the side – but not before crewman Yano Michihiko took the snapshot of it as well as a sample of the animals’ flesh.
Tags: Adventure, Animals, Wild LifeThe Lost Dinosaurs of New Zealand
Dinosaur
In 1975 Joan Wiffen discovered a dinosaur bone in the Mangahuanga Stream and revolutionised our ideas about ancient New Zealand. Until Joan’s discovery scientists believed that Dinosaurs had never made it to New Zealand – but now they had a problem. How did these huge creatures get here and what happened to them?
Come with us as we return with Joan into the rugged New Zealand back country to rediscover the timeless stream where she found the fossil remains of of huge dinosaurs that vanished mysteriously 65 million years ago after the so-called KT Event.
Tags: Adventure, Animals, Wild LifeThe Bughouse
Rudd Kleinpaste
45 minute documentary about the bugs that live in our houses with entomologist personality Ruud Kleinpaste.
Blowflies that bomb your barbecue, cockroaches in your pantry, lice in your hair, mites in your eyelashes, borer in your furniture, beetles in your carpet and fleas – are just a few of the creepy crawlies you’ll meet on this journey into the taken for granted world of house bugs. Host entomologist and TV personality Ruud Kleinpaste.
Tags: Adventure, Animals, Wild Life
