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New Zealand Pests Hedgehogs are pests because they eat birds eggs. Weasels eat things bigger than themselves. The weasels crack the egg and put their head in. Wild cats are pests because they eat native birds and skinks. Rats are pests because they eat bats. The brushtail possum is the most caught possum in New Zealand. Possums eat buds, flowers, fruits, ferns, bark, fungi, native birds, eggs, land snails and animals without backbones. Ferrets eat rabbits and Hares. Ferrets mate at October and have a litter between 4-8 babies. Weasels eat birds, eegs lizards, and insects. The Norway rat is the biggest rat in New Zealand. Hedgehogs are pests because they eat chicks and eggs. Hedgehogs also eat skinks and lizards to. Ferel dogs because they sometimes eat our native birds. Rainbow lorikeets are pests because they compete with other birds for nests and carry diseases. Tahr eat plants so much the plants die. Rainbow skinks are pests because they take over other skinks homes. Did you know deer are pests because they eat our native plants. Goats do the same thing as deer eat eat eat. Argentine ants are a threat because they compete for foodwith other animals.

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