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10 Aug 2008, 1:27 pm

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080806/od ... lgSPMuQE4F

"He wasn't interested in sex until a cancerous tumour was removed from his bottom," curator Lindsay Hazley told AFP.


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10 Aug 2008, 4:10 pm

Jack the Lad on Viagra! Good that he's propogating his ancient species.


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10 Aug 2008, 4:33 pm

Ohh, love tuataras, they're beautiful wee creatures!!


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10 Aug 2008, 4:54 pm

I am also a fan of tuataras.

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10 Aug 2008, 5:59 pm

Is that Kiwi iguana seriously over 100 years old? I didn't think anything except a turtle or tortoise could get that old. AND still get it on. They'd better keep an eye on the babies, make sure that the pair's aged zygotes don't allow for deformities... :?


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11 Aug 2008, 11:39 am

Quatermass wrote:
Is that Kiwi iguana seriously over 100 years old? I didn't think anything except a turtle or tortoise could get that old. AND still get it on. They'd better keep an eye on the babies, make sure that the pair's aged zygotes don't allow for deformities... :?


Yeah, and I mean, how old is the mother?! 80! she's probably made some bad eggs. /lol



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11 Aug 2008, 3:30 pm

Haha, they do get very old. They're gorgeous though, and they have a creepy third eye too!! 8O

I was so upset when they took the 5c coin out of circulation (they had tuataras on them).


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11 Aug 2008, 3:49 pm

LeKiwi wrote:
Haha, they do get very old. They're gorgeous though, and they have a creepy third eye too!! 8O

I was so upset when they took the 5c coin out of circulation (they had tuataras on them).
For what country? That sounds awesome!



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11 Aug 2008, 4:04 pm

New Zealand of course. :P

They're one of our many strange native creatures. Add to that the weird kiwis, flightless parrots, and now-extinct giant moa and Haast's eagle (google THEM for a laugh!!)...


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11 Aug 2008, 4:07 pm

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New Zealand of course. :P

They're one of our many strange native creatures. Add to that the weird kiwis, flightless parrots, and now-extinct giant moa and Haast's eagle (google THEM for a laugh!!)...


Kiwi's are adorable. Years ago my Grandparents visited New Zealand, and they brought back stuffed kwiw's wearing these cute little hats, and mine had a dress.



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11 Aug 2008, 4:24 pm

Here ya go! An introduction to the weird and wonderful world of NZ native animals... the result of millennia spent apart from any other land or islands, without any predators on the ground, and without man around to interfere...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuatara

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiwi

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakapo

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weta

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haasts_eagle

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moa

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takah%C4%93

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pukeko

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kea

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C4%81k%C4%81


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11 Aug 2008, 10:38 pm

Neat! The tuataras seem fascinating. Alaska has no reptiles.

I really love Tasmanian Devil's and am concerned about their recent acute plight with facial deformity.

Agreed, Quatermass: And worse if Jack the Lad's mate happens to be a first cousin - tuataras incest? ......oh no 8O


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12 Aug 2008, 2:18 am

Tasmanian devils are one of those rare creatures you find... so ugly and scary that they're the most adorable thing you've ever seen! :D


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