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Old 08-06-2008, 08:56 AM
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Reptile news

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080806...tile_fatherhood

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111-year-old reptile finally becoming a father Tue Aug 5, 9:00 PM ET

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Officials say an indigenous New Zealand reptile regarded as one of the last living remnants of the dinosaurs will become a father for the first time in decades at the age of 111.

Henry the tuatara and his younger mate Mildred produced a dozen eggs last month after mating at the Southland Museum on New Zealand's South Island in March.

Tuatara curator Lindsay Hazley said Wednesday Henry has lived at the museum's special enclosure for Tuatara since 1970 and had shown no interest in sex until he recently had a cancerous growth removed from his genitals. He was now enjoying the company of three females and might breed again next March.
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Although tuataras are in no way "...living remnants of the dinosaurs."
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