Report on a made up creature

Introduction:

This Creature is called a Dird (Dog mixed with a bird)

The scientific name is Dogius birdous. The Dird can fly.

It was accidentally introduced from Russia.

Description

It has the head of a dog and the body of a bird.

The Dird grows to about 30cm long and 10cm high. It weighs about 2 Kilos. It has wings like a bird and It also has the sharp teeth of a dog

Habitat:

They live on steward island below NZ

It lives in the trees and it often hides from humans and predators

Behaviour:

It plays dead around predators and when the predators are gone the dird flies off. When it sleeps it hangs upside down on a branch.

Diet:

The dirds main prey is rabbits and dog food. The Dird finds food by flying to houses in the country with an orchard and a dog  

Interesting facts:

The Dird can fly about 200 Miles without stopping. It Barks and tweets at the same time. There are 5 types of Dird. There is the ocean Dird, the bush Dird, the grassland Dird, the cave Dird and the Mystery Dird that no one knows what it looks like and how it behaves

Conclusion:

In conclusion The Dird is an amazing creature it is completely harmless, We don’t know about the Mystery Dird. Watch out for any suspicious looking birds.

Research on the Napier Earthquake

• Location: Hawke’s Bay
• Date occured (NZ Summer Time): Tuesday, 3 February 1931 at 10:47 am
• Epicentre: 39.3°S, 177.0°E
• Focal Depth: 20 km
• Maximum Intensity: MM 10
• Magnitudes: MW 7.4 - 7.6, MS 7.8
• Casualties: 256 killed, thousands injured

The Hawke’s Bay earthquake (also known as the Napier Earthquake) is recorded as having caused the largest loss of life and most extensive damage of any quake in New Zealand’s history. The effects of the earthquake were greatest in the towns of Napier and Hastings, but other towns in the Hawke’s Bay also suffered major damage. The maximum intensity reached was MM 10, with extensive fissuring, slumping and landslides occurring over much of Hawke’s Bay. The official death toll was 256 and 593 people sustained serious injuries that required hospitalisation. The earthquake was followed by fires in the business areas of both Napier and Hastings that became uncontrollable as water pressure dwindled because of broken water mains. The Ahuriri Lagoon in Napier was raised drastically in the earthquake, changing the coastline significantly and leaving hundreds of fish and horse mussels exposed on dry land.

The earthquake was felt throughout most of New Zealand except for areas in the far south and the far north. It also deformed the surface of the land in the surrounding area, pushing up a long dome running northeast-southwest. The dome was 17 km wide and over 90 km long, and extended from the northeast of the Mohaka River mouth to south west of Hastings. The ground was raised by up to 2.7 m near the mouth of the Aropaoanui River, while at Hastings it sank by up to one metre. Along the dome created by the earthquake, some rock folded under the pressure, while at the south-western end about 15 km of rock was broken by surface faulting. Today, only 3 km of this fault trace remains visible 1.

Following the main shock, the Hawke’s Bay Province experienced many scattered aftershocks, some of them very large. The largest had a magnitude MS 7.3, and it struck the already devastated region 10 days later, at 1:27 pm (NZ Summer Time) on Friday, 13 February. Its epicentre was ~50 km from that of the initial quake, offshore and to the east. It was felt widely from Hamilton to Christchurch, and was described by some inland communities as even more violent than the 3 February shock.

Research on Russia

Geographic facts about Russia

The largest country in the world, Russia constitutes one-seventh of the world’s landmass and spans eight time zones. This expansive area allows it to neighbor more countries than anywhere else on earth, as well as touch twenty-two bodies of water and hold twelve seas within its borders. Its vast and complicated array of landscapes has created a diverse blend of forty national parks alongside its forty UNESCO Biosphere Reserves. Here you can find the oldest mountains in the world, the Urals, and the deepest lake in the world, Lake Baikal. Travel from the tundra to the steppes, the desert to the glaciers, the valleys to the volcanoes without ever needing a new visa.

Climatic facts about Russia

Because of its size, Russia presents a drastically different atmosphere depending on your location. Most of the country has a continental climate with distinct periods of warm and cold weather that increases as you travel east. Temperatures for Moscow and St. Petersburg range from highs of 32 C in the summer to lows of -25 C in the winter.

Demographic facts about Russia

Russia has a population of 145.5 million people, 80% of whom reside in Western Russia and two-thirds of whom live in cities. Moscow alone claims eleven million citizens, standing as the largest city in Europe. St. Petersburg boasts less than half that, with a mere five million residents. 1 in 4 Russians is retired, with the average age being 30 years old and growing every year. The normal Russian family consists of three people.Russia city Photo from google images