Sunday, February 25, 2007

No 4 of Top 21 NZ Animals - The Tuatara

Have any of u guys heard of this animal???? Well I have and its amazing but its not always what it seems with its skin. I have heard its heart beat on Studio 2 and it really sounds nothing like the human heartbeat. I have not finnished with this animal yet. It is part of the ancient group of reptiles, the relatives of this reptile died 60 million years ago. Thats just to turn the heat up on this animal. It is nothing like the lizard because it has a third eye which is used in the baby tuatara to suck up UV rays to make it healthy when it is an adult for years to come. If it didnt have a third eye it would be a unhealthy tuatara when it is an adult and by my guess every year when it grows it would get sicker and sicker by the minute. Its so lucky to have a third eye by my case. Here is a picture of this cool as lizard.

I hope u like the photo of it. In this photo it is resting on a stone. Tuataras are definatly and most postively becoming extinct every day. I am so glad that we have people who are willing their lives to help save this animal from extinction ... thats the same with other animals around the globe who are at the same position as the tuatara, one example 4 this is the Kea and the South Island Kaka. Well thats all I have to say about this active lizard. Any questions put them in comments and I will answer them just as quickly as I read them ok.

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