photographing New Zealand: Giant Rata at Pukeiti

7/31/11

Giant Rata at Pukeiti

I never heard of anything like this before I got to NZ. There's not a lot of info on the Giant Rata on the internet but the sign (last photo) from Bushy Park explains how it uses its host tree.

http://www.robsphotography.co.nz/Bushy-Park-3.html

I'm joining Scenic Sunday.

3 comments:

Al said...: Fantastic - I love that first shot. We have some old trees around here, but nothing like that.; Jul 31, 2011, 1:36:00 PM
Belle said...: This is a fascinating tree. I've never heard of it before and how it has a host tree and becomes hollow in the middle. Interesting.; Jul 31, 2011, 1:53:00 PM
Marja said...: What a beautiful tree Quite a giant indeed; Jul 31, 2011, 5:04:00 PM