Living Fossils
Published on Nov 30, 2015
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LIVING FOSSILS
- He keeps as still as a stone
- He is shedding his skin
- He sees something coming he moves quickly and quietly and snap the bug is dead
- He goes back to his log
THE LAST SURVIVORS
- Tuatara belong to a ancient group called the sphenodontia
- 100years ago the tuatara looked like there ancestors and They've hardly changed
- Some people describe tuatara as a living fossils
- They live on islands to hide from predators and they share burrow
PRECIOUS EGGS
- bugsy the tuatara has a mate called honey
- Honey had eggs.
- She got x-rayed and she had several eggs
- Honey dug a burrow
WAITING FOR EGGS TO HATCH
- The keepers at rainbow springs looked after the eggs
- To make sure they hatch
- They put special lamps to keep them warm
- It took 184 days to hatch (about six months)
CARING FOR BABY TUATARA
- The baby tuatara were only a few centimetres
- The keepers kept the baby's warm
- There presents would of eaten them
- Like all reptiles including snakes,geckos and tuatara are cold-blooded
ON SHOW
- When there six moths old they moved outside
- They moved in a special enclosure
- Henry is over 100 years old
- Tuataras can 800 grams
