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NeedleCast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-19-09 11:07 AM
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Rare Reptile Returns to New Zealand Mainland
Sometimes good news is good

http://news.aol.com/article/rare-reptile-hatchling/388761

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (March 19) - A hatchling of a rare reptile with lineage dating back to the dinosaur age has been found in the wild on the New Zealand mainland for the first time in about 200 years, a wildlife official said Thursday.

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Tuatara have unique characteristics, such as two rows of top teeth closing over one row at the bottom and a parietal eye — a dot on the top of the skull that is believed to be light-sensitive and is sometimes referred to as the animal's third eye.

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ayeshahaqqiqa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-19-09 11:08 AM
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1. Cool!
It looks like a miniature dinosaur!
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NeedleCast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-19-09 11:11 AM
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3. That's pretty much exactly what it is
Very cool indeed.
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-19-09 11:10 AM
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2. Oh, I thought maybe Billy Corgan was touring there again
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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-19-09 11:12 AM
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4. They look a bit like Iguana
Edited on Thu Mar-19-09 11:16 AM by alfredo


Here's an Iguana:


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NeedleCast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-19-09 11:19 AM
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5. Yup
Same sort of papery, beaded skin/scales and dorsal ridge.
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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-19-09 01:07 PM
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6. I wonder how they taste?
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