TruemorsHenry was born around the end of the 19th century. He was brought to Southland Museum & Art Gallery in 1970 from Stephens Island. Henry was never breed in captivity and has a history of attacking other Tuatara. He under went surgery in 2002 to remove a cancer tumour. We are hoping this was the cause of his grumpiness and that now he will be able to breed with the females we have provided for him.
Henry the tuatara
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Title: Henry the tuatara
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at 08:55 on August 6th, 2008
After 200 million years, all-male future spells doom for reptiles:
This was surprising to read, considering another article I have read (in the last year or so) said basically the opposite about OTHER creatures. In that article, it went on discussing how the hole in the ozone, as well as pesticides have (not only created six legged frogs and so forth, but has also) created an atmosphere in the ponds and streams in which the frogs and fishes and so forth are giving birth to mainly ALL FEMALES in an attempt to 're-vamp' the numbers of there species. It also discussed that during the embryo stages, males embryos are weaker than the female ones, and the males do not survive the damages caused by the various things like pesticides and ozone damage.
Makes ya wonder about the 2 to 1 ratio of men and women. Why does one animal choose to make more or only ONE of the genders and others do the exact opposite?
Either way .... things are changing and its NOT for the better apparently. "MAN at its best" ..... selfish and uncaring about the reprocussions.
GUILTY as sin ......... enjoying mans harmful 'conveniences' in my life too.