This beautiful limited edition balance bike features the Endangered Giant Kauri Snail.
- Kauri snails are giants in the snail world. They grow as big as an adult's fist - up to 75 millimetres or 3 inches across. They have existed for over 200 million years - since the dinosaurs roamed around.
- Most snails are herbivores - they eat only plants. But the Kauri snail eats meat, like bugs and worms. That's one reason why it grows so big. Kauri snails are cannibals too - they like eating other snails!
- Although Kauri snails move slowly, they are very clever at catching their dinner. They sneak out at night and pounce on their prey, crushing and suffocating it and drawing it back inside their shell.
- The shell of a Kauri snail has spiral patterns and beautiful, multicoloured stripes.
- Kauri snails are now found only in a few small areas of northern New Zealand, although they used to be much more widespread. No one knows exactly how many Kauri snails are left, though we think there are just a few hundred remaining.
Unlike any other running bike, the Wishbone bike evolves with a child's different stages of development.
Starting at age 1 as a trike it converts to a running bike as the child grows, and by four to five years old, the 'wishbone' frame is flipped, making the Wishbone Bike one of the largest running bikes on the market.
With its environmentally sustainable design, and innovative 3-bikes-in-1 feature, the Wishbone bike designed in New Zealand really is the ultimate pre-bike.