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tuatara facts and more

Here are some awesome facts about a tuatara. Did you know that the tuatara has been around since the dinosaurs? That is more than 70 million  years ago.

A tuatara looks like a lizard but has a spiny back, no ears but they can still hear it shows a response if they hear something they stay still until it comes to get then they run . They are a brown green grey color and the have really sharp teeth. Tuatara are camouflage. Camouflage means it can change color from the back ground. heir most curious body part is a “third eye” on the top of the head.

Tuatara once lived throughout the mainland of New Zealand but rat’s and people drove them to alot of danger there. they are still alive they have been alive for a really long time but if you see one do not pick it up.

The tuatara preys on insects, beetles, spiders, birds eggs, frogs and small reptiles and mammals. Tuatara is a carnivore so it eats meat and stuff. It eats other animals like rats,chicken,and other tuatara.