LIVING FOSSILS

THE LAST SUVIVORS

• Tuatara belong to an ancient group of reptiles called sphenodontia.
• All the other species in this group are extinct.
• Tuatara look a lot like there ancestors did two since the time of the dinosaurs.

PRECIOUS EGGS

• X-rayed to check her eggs
• Dug a burrow in the ground and laid her eggs
• The eggs where oval, white, and leathery
• Honey left them alone to hatch
• After 184 days (about six months) the eggs began to hatch

WAITING FOR EGGS TO HATCH

• They put them in a special box to keep them warm
• They cheek them every week
• Tuatara use a special egg tooth on the tips of there nose

CARING FOR BABY TUATARAS

• They need to keep warm
• When they are six months they move out side
• They sleep under the heat lamp
• Honey might eat her eggs

ON SHOW

• When they were six months old they moved out side
• Young tuatara sleep under a heat lamp
• Rest on a ledge or a log
• Watch people looking at them through te glass
• Henry is well over 100 years old

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