Cadbury Gorilla Ad

The Gorilla on the Cadbury ad is a man in a suit !!!! I thought it was real ! Ahhhh!

It turns out its Garon Michael this random actor.

The ad was the most popular UK TV commercial of the year. The Phil Collins song "In The Air Tonight" also reached the top of the charts a few weeks in a row.

I also heard on the radio that the next gorilla ad for Cadbury coming out is the gorilla playing Smoke On The Water with a guitar.

There were many rumours going around about the song and what it said in the lyrics.




Well, if you told me you were drowning, I would not lend a hand.

I've seen your face before, my friend,

But I don't know if you know who I am.

Well, I was there and I saw what you did,

Saw it with my own two eyes.

So you can wipe off that grin,

I know where you've been.

It's all been a pack of lies.



Rumours are that in Phil Collins (artist and writer of this song) in his youth, witnessed a close friend drown on a nearby cliff. Being too far away and unable to help, he saw a man walk close by to his friend drowning and just ignore him.

The song, In The Air Tonight, was supposibly written based on this event. It is also said that Phill Collins sang the song to the man who let his friend drown up on stage at his concert.

According to most internet sources, these rumours are all false. Phil Collins is said to have stated himself, " I just made the song up as I went along and it has no real meaning."

SuMmEr !

1 month and 23 days until daylight saving begins.. S U M M E R !



I CANT wait for summer! Summer = Everyday being warm and sunny, running round in shorts and bikinis, going to the beach, swimming, surfing, boogie boarding, kayaking, eating ice blocks, wearing jandals, getting tans, putting on sun block, having to wear no jumper and just having fun!

Probably the BEST thing about summer is going to the beach! Its free, within walking distance and fun for everybody!

I havn't eaten one of these in SO LONG!!! It's been cold yuck winter for sooo long and its been too cold to eat any ice blocks!

I also havn't worn these for ages! Im so used to wearing jeans and closed over shoes and I really can't wait until I can just chuck some shorts and a singlet on with a bikini underneath and then slip on my jandals and be ready to go! I won't have to worry about jeans, jumpers, jackets, thermals, shoes/boots, umbrellas or any of that stuff !

At the time, I usually hate putting sun block on. But now that its winter, I miss sunblock so much!!

Beach umbrellas! Even though I don't usually use one of these, I just love seeing all of them covering the beach. All bright different colours littered all over the sand.. S u m m e r ! !

Introduced Species.

The Black or Roof Rat…
In this essay, I will share information about an introduced species to New Zealand, the Black or Roof Rat. It will describe and explain facts about the rat, effects the rat had on native species which were already living here and the result of the rat on the population of the native species. It will also include ways and methods in which the introduced species is controlled and how effective those methods are.

The Black or Roof Rat often live in places like trees and vine covered fences. They can also be found near river banks and streams.
Rats are omnivores and will eat just about anything if they have to. They mostly feed on native seedlings, chick eggs, fruit and nuts.
Black or Roof Rats have a very poor sense of sight and rely on other senses such as smell, taste, touch and hearing to survive.

Many different types of rats were first introduced in to New Zealand by many different settlers but “black or roof rats” were introduced by the Europeans in the 1860s. The rats came over to New Zealand on the ships of Captain Cook with the early sealers and whalers.
Rats are a threat to breeding birds as they prey on eggs and chicks. These rats also eat foods such as seeds and berries which native birds feed on.
In result, many native bird species have been unable to adapt to rats and have no defence against them. This has over the years caused native birds to breed very slowly and New Zealand’s native bird population has dropped.


To control rats, The Department Of Conservation carries out rat control in areas where there are endangered native birds such as the kakapo and blue duck. Controlling the rats is done by several effective methods, trapping, poisoning and putting rats and other pets on mainland islands which are set up for predator management. The intention of this control is to keep rat numbers low enough to allow birds to breed and eggs to hatch.
It has been found that on areas where rat control has taken place there have been seedling recovery which shows that rats affect vegetation as well. This also shows that the methods The Department of Conservation is using are effective.
It is very important that the rat population is kept under control because New Zealand’s native birds would be at risk of extinction if they weren’t.