Here is the article which won it

http://buffanimals.blogspot.com/2007/08/were-going-to-need-even-bigger-boat.html

Hope that helps for u to know that this is another one to add to the list of awards. Maybe if u do something cool for the animals on ur blog u might win this award next year, so keep on trying.

2008s first award, I am pleased to give u a nu one ...

First award for 2008 goes to - http://buffanimals.blogspot.com/

Why its a blogger!!!!!!! U may be thinking which award did it win, well it won the award for 2008 Best Blogger Award, or Best Animal Blogger Award. Congratulations to whomever did this blogger. Why did they win the award, well u know I am trying to raise awareness for the Megamouth Shark, well this person did just that and thats why they won this award. Congratulations to the person whom owns this blog for the thing that they did, just raising awareness for the Megamouth Shark.

Megamouth Shark - some info about it.

As the title here says some info on Megamouth Shark if u want to learn more about it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megamouth_shark

It might help if ur someone who doesnt know about it like me. I am trying to raise awareness for it since I guess most ppl around the globe dont know about it.

Guhonda - the largest mountain gorrilla in the world

Does anyone know anythin about him?? A person on Christian Forums wants to know info about him. He is in the tribe Sabyinyo. If u can help it would be appreciated. Here is this website.

http://christianforums.com/t6547974-guhonda-largest-gorilla-in-the-world.html

I have done my bit and I was thinkin maybe ppl here can help this person find more info on Guhonda.

Now that Xmas is nearly over heres a little message

... from me. HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY!!!!!!!!!

My favourite NZ parrot is the Kaka

Apparently I found out in New Zealand, before the Europeans came Maori respected the Kaka as a chief or rangitera of all New Zealand birds because of its helpfullness.

The list that is on Wikipedia that demonstrates the

fact of how far the animals are to Extinction.

1 - Extinct
2 - Extinct in the Wild
3 - Critically Endangered
4 - Endangered
5 - Vunerable
6 - Conservation Dependent
7 - Near Threatened
8 - Least Concern

Hope that helps understand all animals that u c on Wikipedia with these 8 ratings, no 1 is the highest and no 8 is the lowest, for example, the Caspian Tiger is a no 1 and the Leopard is the no 8 or in other words the Caspian Tiger is extinct and the Leopard has the least concern symbol.

Want to know my favourite fish???

I can put it up now. Well here it is, a picture of it.

By the photo I found can u guess its name?? If u cant look near its mouth, u can see theres a organ possibly used for finding its food, by the look of the organ it looks like a trunk of a elephant. If u guessed corectly it is the Elephant Fish named because of that organ I am talking about. I found a good picture of one, how about next year I can put up my favourite sharks, mammals, fish, reptiles, birds and insects. My second favourite fish is a type of sunfish, the Oblong Sunfish. The Oblong Sunfish is sacred when it comes to Honolulu, they respect it as the fish god ansestor of the mackerels and bonitos and by no account must it be molested. The place it is more common where it lives but definatly not rare is the place we call Aotearoa or New Zealand. The New Zealand kind of Elephant fish is common throughout the South Islands but on rare occasions does it come up down below Hawkes Bay or in Hawkes Bay.

A list of sharks that are not dangerous and some

that are....

Non Dangerous Sharks

1 - Whale Shark
2 - Carpet Shark
3 - Megamouth Shark
4 - Nurse Shark
5 - School Shark
6 - Basking Shark
7 - Spotted Smooth Hound
8 - Wobblegong Shark
9 - Cookie Cutter Shark
10 - Soup Fin Shark or Tope Shark
11 - Mako Shark
12 - Thresher Shark
13 - Sharpnose Seven-gilled Shark
14 - Black Tipped Reef Shark
15 - Zebra Shark
16 - Goblin Shark

Dangerous Sharks

1 - Great White Shark
2 - Hammerhead Shark
3 - Bull Shark
4 - Pale Tiger Shark
5 - Tiger Shark
6 - White Shark
7 - Oceanic White Tipped Shark
8 - Blue Shark

Sharks that I dont know either are dangerous or not dangerous

1 - Spiny Dogfish

Hope that helps if u r seeing these sharks near ur area. There r more sharks which I have yet to put up, thats my guess.

I wont be here on Xmas

so I thought I would wish this blogger a happy birthday and everyone a merry xmas to u all, so merry christmas, I guess its time for a christmas carol, a good xmas carol.

The Kiwi woke in his usual way and said "My word its Christmas Day"

I think I need to make a cake, a kiwi christmas cake

Kai, kai, kiri, kiri, kum, kum, keko

Dont ya think you'd like to bake

Kai, kai, kiri, kiri, kum, kum, keko

Kiwi Christmas Cake

He put a squease of toothpaste in and a great big rusty saftey pin

A custard pie and a juicy steak in his kiwi christmas cake

Kai, kai, kiri, kiri, kum, kum, keko
Dont ya think you'd like to bake
Kai, kai, kiri, kiri, kum, kum, keko
Kiwi Christmas Cake

He asked the Possums one two three if they would like to come for tea

I I'd get a tummy ache from the Kiwi Christmas cake

Kai, kai, kiri, kiri, kum, kum, keko
Dont ya think you'd like to bake
Kai, kai, kiri, kiri, kum, kum, keko
Kiwi Christmas Cake

Well theres that Christmas song, there will be a Maori song on 'A word from Hazel' blogger but it will be on close to Christmas Day. People who want to know what shark is up the top, well it is a Megamouthed Shark which I found out about in December, so happy first birthday my 'Animal Lover' blog.

A couple of awards I made up recently.

I made up a couple of awards, the Huia Award for Excelence (sorry if I spelt Excelence wrong) and the Owl Award for the Best Animal Website Award I have seen so far. Here are these 2 awards and the websites for those who got them, the Huia Award has been awarded to two very good websites, the Owl Award has got a very good website, I have heard of it but have u heard of it.

Owl Award for Best Animal Website - http://www.careforthewild.org/
Huia Award of Excelence - http://foru.ms/ and http://www.renelf.com/

Sorry but I couldnt get their photos on it. Next year thats just say that the viewers of this blogger at this day next year or in the week that this post was posted on, u choose who wins these awards. If u think u have found a website for the nominations plz send it 2 me via email and I will have a look at it. Its no competition, every second year u choose the award, the other year which I havnt counted I will choose the award.

Finaly some translations

Guess what I have found, 'Te Pouakai' or 'Pouakai' translated into English means 'Eagle'. I translated the other Maori name 'Te Hokioi' or 'Hokioi' and I couldnt find any translation from where I translated. Another few translations are 'Kaka' translated means 'Parrot', 'Kakapo' translated means 'Night Parrot', 'Ruru' translated means 'Big Eyes' and of course 'Tuatara' translated means 'Spines on back'.

Bad News for Humpback Whale Fans

China is planning 2 go on a hunt to kill 50 of the worlds most rarest whale (the Humpback Whale) and it ends in April. NZ Greenpeace and another company who like endangered animals are planning 2 do all that they can 2 stop this killing catastrophe. In my point of veiw, China has been the worst country I have ever seen 2 disregard animals, one of the main animals that gets killed everyday is my favourite big cat, believe it or not this big cat is called the tiger.

Calendar Dates 2 put on ur Calendar

If u love animals then I thought ya should know these calendar dates, forgot about them until 2day.

29th of September to the 5th of October - International Gorrila Week

and ....

4th to the 10th of October - World Animal Week ~ Make a noise today.

Well those r the dates, they are so important so we can be good people, we must do whats right on World Animal Week.

Another blog ya need 2 know about ....

.... one of my blogs. Its goin 2 be released 2 a friend at Xmas time for a quick Xmas prezzie. I might make a few for a friend but this is the first one I have made so far. Will keep ya updated on the time and track.

The website is as detailed below this caption -
http://awhaleanddolphinwebsite.blogspot.com/

If u have any comments or questions plz contact me on my other blogs and so on and so forth.

As I mentioned earlier...

about the Haast Eagle being more famous than this bird would ya believe it is also an extinct bird, shall I say its name again if u dont know what I mean, I shall, this birds name is the Adzebill. Here is a picture of it for those who dont know what it looks like.



I dunno what its Maori names are but its probably named the Adzebill because of its big bill. I shall look up its Maori names and tell u later cause I believe that all NZ birds have Maori names but believe it or not, some do. It was killed by Polinesians who found this bird quite delicious.

Birds with 2 maori names

Maori has been a important factor in my lifestyle, the Karearea has 2 maori names and thanks to the internet I have found another one with 2 Maori names, the Haast Eagle. After some searching on pics of Moa I have found a picture of two being chased by a Haast Eagle, but have also found its other maori name. Its Maori names are 'Te Pouakai' and of course the most recent one which I have found 'Te Hokioi'. Good on ya for this website for detailing this massive but more famous than the Adzebill. U have given me great hope for finding more information about this massive bird which I am doing research on for one of my old teachers at Salisbury School. Here is this website which I am talking about down below.

http://www.petermaas.nl/extinct/speciesinfo/haastseagle.htm

NZ Falcon - Lesser number populations than the Kiwi B

Wow, the next post has finaly come at last. This has the pics and the stats for how much population are kiwis and how much of the population are New Zealand Falcons. As earlier I have described about how and why the New Zealand Falcon are becoming extinct, shooting is the main threat, also there is the destruction of habitat for this bird that we need to consider.

No 1 - Brilliant shot of the Karearea or New Zealand Falcon showing us what it looks like under the wings (full colour).

No 2 - A cool picture of a New Zealand Falcon or Karearea head (full colour).

No 3 - A picture of a mother New Zealand Falcon or Karearea feeding her chicks (full colour).

No 4 - A picture of a New Zealand Falcon or Karearea in its natural habitat sitting on a top of a tree (full colour).

No 5 - A brilliant scetch of a New Zealand Falcon or Karearea head (black and white colour).

As a bonus for reading both these blogs here is a special treat just 4 u, if u r a big fan of the New Zealand Falcons or Kareareas I have got the treat for u, a New Zealand Falcon or Karearea background showing 9 different heads of New Zealand Falcon or Karearea and I am totally not joking about this treat, its in full colour and it would suit any computer background, big or small.

NZ Falcon - Lesser number populations than the Kiwi A

I have not talked much about this bird but I feel that I have a right 2 speak out for it since it is one of Aotearoas Taongas (New Zealands Treasures in Maori). People shoot this bird but I feel that we dont need 2 shoot it because it is on the endangered list, it deserves 2 be called a New Zealand Treasure because it only is found in Aotearoa (New Zealand in Maori) and if we dont save it, it could be come extinct for all eternity.

Here is a 5 websites about the New Zealand Falcon :

1 - This website has got a good picture of one of these birds and u can hear their mating call, I give it a 10/10 for good research on this bird and since it is a NZ taonga it deserves a good picture for people 2 c it in its full glory ~ http://www.wingspan.co.nz/falcon_facts.html

2 - Wikipedia have a whole lot of stuff about animals, plants and people as well as movies so I picked this one since I am a big fan of Wikipedia, good on ya guys for putting this website on Google.co.nz, u deserve it. Good pics of it as well, if u were wondering Karearea in Maori means New Zealand Falcon ~ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karearea

3 - What a good website, 10/10 for preformance and gratitude towards all hawks and falcons, they have done a good job with this profile on the Karearea or New Zealand Falcon, good on ya guys for making this website a big success with me since I am promoting the New Zealand Falcon ~ http://www.hawk-conservancy.org/priors/nzfalcon.shtml

4 - I typed in 'Karearea or New Zealand Falcon' at Google.co.nz and found this website, I am a big fan of it and I believe that this bird should be honoured in all its glory. Here is this website. This website features many New Zealand birds, both extinct and alive, for example, the Huia. ~ http://www.nzbirds.com/birds/falcon.html

5 - Took a look at this website and was amazed at what I found, good pics, got a link 2 the bird it is much more mistaken 4, the Swamp Harrier. Such a great picture of the Karearea as well ~ http://www.beautyofbirds.com/newzealandfalcons.html

More comming soon in the Next Post titled "NZ Falcon - Lesser number populations than the Kiwi B".

Mountain Gorilla Tragedy

Bad news for Mountain Gorilla lovers around the globe, brought to my attention by my fav animal organisation WWF. Mountain Gorrilas are critically endangered but they need our help. Here is 2 pics of Mountain Gorillas, one is a adult and one is a cute baby, as well as the link where I found out about this animals struggle for survival.




http://worldwildlife.org/news/displayPR.cfm?prID=416



Hope u guys luv the pic and go to see what we can do to save this precious species, the Mountain Gorrila.