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Tuatara becomes father at 111


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#1 VictorBjoerk

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Posted 06 August 2008 - 07:27 PM


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26051351/

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - An indigenous New Zealand reptile regarded as one of the last living descendants of the dinosaurs will become a father for the first time in decades at the age of 111, officials said Wednesday.

Henry the Tuatara and his mate Mildred, aged between 70 and 80, produced 12 eggs in mid-July after mating earlier this year at the Southland Museum on New Zealand's South Island, Tuatara curator Lindsay Hazley said.

another inspirating non-aging animal.

#2 Shepard

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Posted 06 August 2008 - 07:34 PM

Those things are freaky. I spent some time working at a nature preserve near Wellington that had a couple of those. New Zealand is a crazy place.

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