Rnz: Afternoons With Jesse Mulligan

Critter of the Week: Northland Tusked Weta

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Synopsis

This week's critter is small but very fierce! The Northland Tusked Weta is around 2 cm in size, they are a beautiful orange-brown colour with bands along the back. These little critters live in small tunnels of trees during the day, plugging up the entryway with their own special mix of saliva and wood dust. This can make them incredibly hard to find, if they are not out and about munching on other small creatures during the night. Forest and Bird Chief Executive Nicola Toki talks to Jesse about the endangered critter.