111-Year-Old Reptile Is a Daddy
Continuing what has suddenly become Weird Animal Week at Simply Dumb, the Associated Press brings us a tale of a 111-year-old tuatara that has impregnated his mate.
The tuatara is a reptile considered to be one of the last remaining remnants of the dinosaurs. It’s a good thing his ancestors weren’t this good at reproduction or they’d have the run of the place. Henry and his younger mate Mildred (a spry lass between 70 and 80) have a dozen eggs after mating at New Zealand’s Southland Museum. The tuatara curator said Henry hadn’t had any interest in sex until a …read more
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