A Hot and Steamy New Zealand Christmas Dawn to Dusk

Christmas in New Zealand means warm days, blossoming pōhutukawa trees, and chicks and pups around every corner. But babies need food to grow, which means Christmas is also a time of carnage. One family’s tragedy is another family’s Christmas dinner. While things are relatively peaceful on the mainland with its nectar feeders and insect hunters, Christmas on the beaches and offshore islands is a violent affair. There are fierce clashes for mating rights, sharks that eat sealions, sealions that eat penguins and more than a few orphans before the days is out. Much to the delight of the ever-present skua

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