Tuatara facts: lizard look-a-likes | Animal Fact Files

[@christopherrodmell1694]

Tuataras don’t normally bully each other, yes that’s true. But unless you think about what our really famous tuatara Henry was once like. The Southland Museum here in Invercargill NZ, which houses New Zealand’s largest collection of tuatara, Henry’s been living here since 1970, he used to just attack the other tuatara, another tuatara once there whose name was Albert used to even climb into Henry’s in closure and they would just have a good fight, Henry’s aggression was caused by a cancerous tumour but it got removed in 2002 so Henry has been normal since and he finally paired at the age of 110 years in 2010

[@AnimalFactFiles]

I didn't know about Henry! This was really cool to learn about!!

[@christopherrodmell1694]

@@AnimalFactFiles Henry is one of the most famous tuatara in the world, if not the most famous, his age is at least 120+ years, his exact age is unknown. He finally became a dad in 2009-10 after years of aggression from a cancerous, unfortunately he lives in the Southland Museum here in Invercargill so some people will have to look him up to see him

[@christopherrodmell1694]

@@AnimalFactFiles If you go to my videos back to late 2020 you will find my two videos of the Southland Museum Tuatara curator feeding them, trust me you will love seeing Henry crawling onto the guys leg!

[@natking1u1z99]

I didn't hear you mention their third eye or maybe I missed it.

[@fungus1005]

That simon wasnt lying, these tuataras can be lizard look alikes

[@CarolineBearoline]

Looks like a Pokemon! 🦎

[@edyscheuleac5722]

At this point they are two species of tuatara :one lives in the big islands ,while the second is found on North Brother Island

[@AnimalFactFiles]

Ahh thanks for pointing that out! There is the Brothers Island tuatara (Sphenodon guntheri) and the common tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) and both are recognized it looks like

[@allgood6760]

Tuatara are a living dinosaur.. cheers mate 👍🇳🇿

[@Col28]

Very cool! Thanks!

[@Blue_Lugia]

They are adorable. I hope we can save them from go extinct. They were here before us.

[@glennwebb631]

Well, technically we'd all descend from a common ancestor. No?

[@antwolegacys862]

Can you do the world's smallest and endangered cetacean.The vaquita

[@raphlvlogs271]

will they be reintroduced back in to the 2 main islands?

[@aetherslugstar1889]

My I suggest another animal that looks like something it is not at all related to? The golden mole. They're super cute but not related to moles despite being pretty much exactly like them.

[@AnimalFactFiles]

That's a great suggestion!

[@alfiemcfarland2932]

They also have no visible eyes.

[@dawncloudproductions3907]

Okay we need to protect #tuatara

[@katalinsantos7520]

we your right, there's only two species and they'r cute.

[@arrowghost]

Who is here after watching Leo?

[@degausser5495]

Leo is my favorite tuatara

[@katalinsantos7520]

Can you do the scheltopusik pls. I subscribe and love these vids so much. I'm on laptop so can't do any emojis.

[@AnimalFactFiles]

It's all good! That's a great suggestion, I'll get it on the list. 😊 Thanks for watching!

[@kaijuuniversevs.projectkai7008]

those legless lizard

[@the_lomax]

Just gonna say the islands they are on aren't hard to get to in fact you can visit most

[@roombaaaaaaaaa]

YO WHAT YALL WANT

[@sarahlachman1349]

I hope one day Laws will change so a handfull of these can be collected and bred as pets.. If we want to preseve them then making them pets is best

[@homerbugadogrower]

For me it's an iguana

[@snm_nendra]

Did you forgot that tuatara are living fossil because they originaly lived from the time of the dinosaurs

[@AnimalFactFiles]

Yes, their lineage dates back to the Mesozoic!

[@BondJFK]

@@AnimalFactFiles they're little dino

[@rotkivvonalim]

Yeah it would be great if you use Celsius instead of Fahrenheit...the world apart from the US would be highly greatful

[@AnimalFactFiles]

We include both Fahrenheit and Celsius in every video. We put the conversion on screen