Tuatara Lizard Becomes Father at 110 yo

[Chu'Wuti]

I thought this was pretty cool! Here's the link:

110-year-old 'living fossil' becomes a dad - CNN.com (http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/01/29/lizard.reproduces/index.html)

[Smilts]

Those are really neat reptiles a buddy of mine from New Zealand was telling me about these dinosaurs last year. Its great that there able to breed them.

[siz]

aw, the link won't work for me :(

[siz]

I found a different article, that's really neat, cool looking little guy as well.

[siz]

Here is a different (unrelated) article about the Tuatara's rapid evolution.

"Living Dinosaur" Is Fastest-Evolving Animal (http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/03/080331-tuatara-evolution.html)

[Kmef07]

i hope if i live to 110 i can somehow still "mate" lol. what else is there worth living for??

[Chu'Wuti]

Here's the http edited, so you'll have to fix it by removing the spaces (2) I inserted, then copy & paste it into your browser window:

http: //www. cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/01/29/lizard.reproduces/index.html

That's really interesting about the tuatara's evolution, siz! I'm glad you added that link.

[siz]

Haha, I found it while I was trying to get to your link :) Neat little guys, aren't they?

[Faequine]

links wont work for me :(

[Chu'Wuti]

Faequine, did you try copying and pasting this: http: //www. cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/01/29/lizard.reproduces/index.html , removing the space before // and before cnn, then hitting go?

[xXKATRINAXx]

wow i didn't know that there was a reptile that could live that long. hahahahahaha you could pass it down to your kids. lol

[Chu'Wuti]

Well, I'm going to have to pass my BP down to one of my kids! ;)

It is pretty cool about the tuatara, though, isn't it?! :)