A New Zealand Crocodile?
On a scorching hot day in 1989, near the small Central Otago town of St Bathans, a group of scientists were digging in the soil. What they would find would change our ideas about the animals that have lived in Aotearoa.
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Series: Connected 2013 level 3 - Food for Thought...
Category: Non-fiction
Strand: Nature of science
A New Zealand Crocodile?
Words by Sophie Fern
Illustrations by Scott Pearson, Alan Poole and Dennis Poole
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Connected 2013 level 3 - Food for Thought
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The Moon looks weird up here. There’s something wrong with it.
2 of 5Fast Rust
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3 of 5The Fish Highway
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4 of 5You Can Count On It
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