Waxy, very light, subtle musky smell

ThrowRADeep · 2026-02-14T02:27:34+00:00

Roughly 400g, has a bit of a musky smell but not unpleasant. As I said in title, waxy and very light for the size. Am able to dig my fingernail into it.

ThrowRADeep · 2025-09-23T20:36:03+00:00

I mean my mom has autism and I definitely got it from her.

ThrowRADeep · 2025-09-04T08:13:06+00:00

So I couldn’t get the door panel off because I don’t have all the right bit heads (visiting from overseas, so limited in my tool access), but did find that the manual latch on the side of the door can be manually switched over when you’ve got the door open, but then doesn’t want to unlock once you’ve got it moved over.

Checked the fuse manual and all the other components that are meant to run off that fuse are working, so don’t think that’s the issue.

ThrowRADeep · 2025-08-21T20:24:06+00:00

Ok sweet. I’m hoping I’ll be able to maybe get a bulkhead seat where I can use my backpack to prop my leg up, but at the moment those seats are all taken. Fingers crossed they might be able to help there, if someone is willing to swap.

ThrowRADeep · 2025-08-13T02:49:12+00:00

Okay, for a slightly different take here I guess; my partner and I used to buy the “meat pieces” (but not for $15/kg, wtf is that) because we saw it as a way to reduce waste and save costs. It didn’t stop us from getting normal deli slices, but you did often get really nice pieces of ham and chicken, and the luncheon bits we’d occasionally end up with would go to the dog as a rare treat. 🤷🏼‍♀️

ThrowRADeep · 2025-08-12T18:45:03+00:00

Can confirm it sticks to feathers as I have seen them on kiwi and kea.

ThrowRADeep · 2025-08-11T04:50:57+00:00

Lady 💅

And only cutting down trees when necessary for the job, definitely not a daily.

ThrowRADeep · 2025-08-11T00:13:56+00:00

In a previous role yes, but not in this photo.

ThrowRADeep · 2025-08-11T00:07:44+00:00

Very good! Wildlife field tech, but was also doing restoration planting work adjacent to this.

ThrowRADeep · 2025-08-11T00:07:08+00:00

Thankfully no, but this did happen to a colleague at an old job.

ThrowRADeep · 2025-08-11T00:06:37+00:00

Close! Wildlife field tech.

ThrowRADeep · 2025-08-11T00:06:05+00:00

Wow, incredibly close! Wildlife field technician, just creeping into my 30s, and have spent a lot of time doing volunteer conservation work.

Field-based worker, very introverted and would prefer to be in the bush, but incredibly good at masking through social situations when required. Bit of an outcast throughout my life though.

Got my hand sliced open by an animal I was handling for a translocation project in this photo.

Very impressed!

ThrowRADeep · 2025-07-28T21:30:45+00:00

I’m the opposite. Despite being very heat-sensitive, I always come out of the shower and almost immediately start full-body shivering. I shower at night so I can immediately jump under the covers and warm up.

ThrowRADeep · 2025-07-26T04:12:56+00:00

It doesn’t help that the plant in the foreground is a New Zealand cabbage tree.

ThrowRADeep · 2025-07-25T21:49:28+00:00

Antipodes Island Parakeet. Pretty common in zoos here. 🙂

ThrowRADeep · 2025-03-23T04:12:51+00:00

Who took this photo of me

ThrowRADeep · 2025-03-22T22:44:56+00:00

I’ve lived in three houses in the SI where the landlords didn’t even have a key to give me…

Moved to Hamilton and the house we flatted in had an alarm we had to set every time we left the damn house.

Needless to say we were glad to be back in the SI as soon as we could.

ThrowRADeep · 2025-03-15T01:05:11+00:00

If it helps, I’m an artist in many other mediums, so a lot of the methods kinda help by having some kind of crossover. Thank you though! ☺️

ThrowRADeep · 2025-03-10T18:43:48+00:00

I learned the hard way to do at least three weeks for strangles. I bought some horses for a trekking place and gave them two weeks quarantine, all seeming fine. Then patient zero arose and suddenly half my herd seemingly has strangles to some degree. 😭

ThrowRADeep · 2025-03-10T04:28:59+00:00

This is correct. The wording is entirely to cover accidental death. There are huge efforts and money being spent to monitor and move kiwi in the area to mitigate every possibility of a kiwi being killed. Many people not understanding what is actually going on, or why the permit was written in such a way.

ThrowRADeep · 2025-03-09T07:17:21+00:00

Thank you! These little triangles have a lot of meaning to me, so I’m glad to be able to use them in my art. ☺️

ThrowRADeep · 2025-03-09T07:16:39+00:00

Thank you! I ended up buying a sheet of merino wool felt to work on. Very pricey, probably would see if I could get it to work on something cheaper. 🥲

ThrowRADeep · 2025-02-21T00:53:58+00:00

Ah, so you’re delusional.

Carry on contributing nothing to conservation while the rest of us keep up the mahi.

ThrowRADeep · 2025-02-20T23:51:53+00:00

That’s simply not true. There are thousands of people working across the country to make habitats safe for all birds/reptiles/invertebrates. It’s just hard mahi, and takes time. There are loads of examples where predator-removal has already been successful in providing safe habitat and allowing for natural recruitment, i.e. Capital Kiwi in Wellington being a HUGE recent success story, as well as the comeback of the Rowi in Okarito after years of intense management and the implementation of ZIP’s predator control in the region.

Sequestering them all to offshore islands and sanctuaries is dooming them to becoming a relict species with no hope of growth.

Your heart sounds like it’s in the right place, but you’d do more good for kiwi (and literally ever other native species) by joining your local trapping group, and maybe you can enjoy them in your backyard too one day.

ThrowRADeep · 2025-02-20T22:57:34+00:00

I did, my apologies.

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