the kea

I choose kea as my mascot bird because it is one of the most  intelligent bird in the world. They are about 48 cm long.
It is the only alpine parrot in the world and is native to New zealand. There has been reports of them attacking farmer’s sheep and stealing food from people.
I saw some when we went through arthurs pass on the way to greymouth. The males have around 20% more mass than females. Some common estimates for population is 1,000 to 7,000. Kea’s used to get bounty hunted to protect sheep but it was outlawed in 1971.

image sourced from: https://www.milford-sound.co.nz/kea-the-clever-clown-of-the-alps/

the hero's quest

novel study

last week we did a novel study. we had to read a novel then answer a bunch of questions about comprehension, analysis, knowledge, synthesis and evaluation. that would be worth a certain amount of points ranging from 1 points for easy questions and up to 5 points for hard questions. you had to get a total of 40 points.
I chose Virals by Kathy reichs. 

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