2008年12月2日火曜日

TUATARA




Have you ever heard about Tuatara?




The tuatara is a reptile in New Zealand. And their shape is very similar to lizards.


Tuatara is a only reptile having a horn on their head in the world to leave the feature of the dinosaur times.



This kind of reptiles becomes extinct entirely 65,000,000 years ago except Tuatara.


Now about 30,000 Tuatara live in Stephane Island of the Marlboro sound.



The first finding tuatara's nest in over 200 years on mainland of New Zealand has been discovered at the Karori Sanctuary in Wellington.


The nest had been uncovered by accident and was the first concrete proof that the sanctuary's tuatara were breeding.