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About 200 species of Amblypygi exist worldwide — most are tropical and subtropical cave or forest dwellers.
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Giant
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The wētāpunga is one of the heaviest insects on Earth — gravid females reach 71 grams, heavier than a sparrow.
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Ancient
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She is the textbook example of 'island gigantism' — filled the ecological role of small mammals on an island that had no native land mammals.
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Extreme survivor
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She is endemic to a single tiny island — Little Barrier (Hauturu-o-Toi), NZ — after rats wiped her out across the rest of her range.
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Regenerative
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The Auckland Zoo Wētāpunga Recovery Programme has bred and released the species onto multiple predator-free island reserves since 2014.
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Ancient
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New Zealand has no native land mammals except two bat species — the wētā filled the small-herbivore niche.
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