3 New Zealand Native Predators That Hunt And Control Invasive Species

In this video i will be continuing my series where native species help to fight back against invasive species but this video is going to be a little different. In today's video i will be focusing on New Zealand And although New Zealand has a lot of invasive species, it doesn't have a lot of large native predators. In this video i will be covering some of these predators as i will be going through 3 New Zealand native predators that hunt and control invasive species.

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Attributions

European hare images:
fra298
https://www.flickr.com/photos/fra298/
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Gertjan van Noord
https://www.flickr.com/photos/gertjan...
(CC BY-ND 2.0)
Jürgen Mangelsdorf
https://www.flickr.com/photos/2208457...
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Natural England
https://www.flickr.com/photos/natural...
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
tontantravel
https://www.flickr.com/photos/tontant...
(CC BY-SA 2.0)

Kea images:
Brent Barrett
https://www.flickr.com/photos/whereis...
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Bernard Spragg. NZ
https://www.flickr.com/photos/volvob12b/
(CC0 1.0)
Murray Foubister
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mfoubis...
(CC BY-SA 2.0)
Tomas Sobek
https://www.flickr.com/photos/tomas_s...
(CC BY 2.0)
Daniel Pietzsch
https://www.flickr.com/photos/pie4dan/
(CC BY-NC 2.0)
Beppie
https://www.flickr.com/photos/bepster/
(CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

Brown trout images:
Jesús Rodríguez Fernández
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jesusis...
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

New Zealand longfin eel images:
Tony Foster
https://www.flickr.com/photos/fostert/
(CC BY-ND 2.0)
Jon Sullivan
https://www.flickr.com/photos/molliva...
(CC BY-NC 2.0)
zkarj
https://www.flickr.com/photos/zkarj/
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Common starling images:
Jürgen Mangelsdorf
https://www.flickr.com/photos/2208457...
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Bernard Spragg. NZ
https://www.flickr.com/photos/volvob12b/
(CC0 1.0)
PierreSelim
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Us...
(CC BY-SA 3.0)

New Zealand falcon images:
Gregory "Slobirdr" Smith
https://www.flickr.com/photos/slobirdr/
(CC BY-SA 2.0)
vil.sandi
https://www.flickr.com/photos/vil_sandi/
(CC BY-ND 2.0)
Ken Paterson
Photographer Ken Paterson of Oamaru - Taken Makarora
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
(CC BY-SA 4.0)
DB Thats-Me
https://web.archive.org/web/201610260...
(CC BY-SA 3.0)

European hare footage:
Wild Pics
https://vimeo.com/wildpics
CC BY-NC-SA
Pascal Vagner
   / @pascalvagner  
NearbyWild
   / @nearbywild9109  
AlfAdek
   / @alfadek  
Anil Vishwakarma
   / @anilvishwakarma32  
Stand Up for Nature
https://www.videvo.net/profile/Stand%...

Kea footage:
Manfred Webler
https://vimeo.com/lycheevanilla
CC0
Zoospensefull
   / @zoospensefull  
Natalia Ortiz Ferro
   / @natiofwatchstars  
4k Scapes
   / @4kscapes790  
Department of Conservation
@docgovtnz
   / @docgovtnz  

Brown trout footage:
Naturaleza Cantábrica
https://vimeo.com/naturalezacantabrica
CC BY-NC
Czech underwater
   / @zezivotaryb  

New Zealand longfin eel footage:
NIWA
https://vimeo.com/niwanz
CC BY-NC-ND
Moving Image
https://vimeo.com/movingimage
CC BY-NC-ND
Department of Conservation
@docgovtnz
   / @docgovtnz  

Common starling footage:
Pascal Vagner
   / @pascalvagner  
fsphil
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Us...
(CC BY-SA 3.0)

New Zealand falcon footage:
Celia Scorpio
https://vimeo.com/user3244261
CC BY-NC
CMKMStephens
   / @cmkmstephens  

New Zealand Bat images:
Jake Osborne
https://www.flickr.com/photos/theyloo...
(CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

Stoat footage:
Max Davidson
https://vimeo.com/user20123167
CC BY-NC-ND

Takahe footage:
CMKMStephens
   / @cmkmstephens  

New zealand insects:
Greg Schechter
https://www.flickr.com/photos/gregthe...
(CC BY 2.0)

Shearwater images:
Pablo Caceres Contreras
https://www.flickr.com/photos/pabloca...
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

New zealand native fish and crayfish footage:
Jake Osborne
https://vimeo.com/jzsosborne
CC BY-NC-SA

Freshwater crayfish image:
Nga Manu Images NZ
https://www.flickr.com/photos/1296624...
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Native New Zealnd bird images:
Geoff McKay
https://www.flickr.com/photos/1294723...
(CC BY 2.0)
Brent Barrett
https://www.flickr.com/photos/whereis...
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
I Am birdsaspoetry.com 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/birdsas...
(CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

Invasive bird images:
Martha de Jong-Lantink
https://www.flickr.com/photos/marthae...
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Tom Lee
https://www.flickr.com/photos/6894220...
(CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

I have edited and adapted some of these clips and images.