South Island Beaches Turn Red?

A lot of the beaches down in the South island due to many dead red squat lobsters. This problem only occurs if adult squat lobsters give up their surface in the ocean. Many of the teenage lobsters turn up on the beaches with nowhere to breed. 

Many of the lobsters end up clinging on to rocks and from there they start to die. The red colour of the squat lobsters turn the sand red. If all the beaches in the South Island are red then there must be a lot of lobsters down there!

These squat lobsters are really red in colour so no wonder why these beaches show a lot of red!

Rats Wash Up On Westport Beaches!

In totally around 600 rats have been recovered with experts concerned that more may follow.

Some of the rats have been sent for testing as the Department of Conservation to find out why it happened. 

Some people believe the rats could have washed out of the hills by heavy rain after a 1080 poison operation 140km away. However, most experts are ruling this out.

Locals are being warned to keep their dogs off the beaches.