These photos were taken at Rainbow Springs, a trout sanctuary, and the Rainbow Farm Show
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| The tuatara -- a lizard that is extinct everywhere except New Zealand. (I couldn't get a photo of the other unique NZ creature, the kiwi bird, because it is extremely sensitive to light.) | |
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Swan and rainbow trout |
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Sheep herding demo (the herding dog is to the foreground of the sheep) |
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| Feeding lambs |
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Sheep shearing demo. The sheep was incredibly calm, and although you can't see it in the picture, for most of the shearing the sheep's head is held between the shearer's legs, through which the shearer controls the sheep's positiion |