A FATHER AT 110 YEARS OLD

New Zealand is home to a collection of weird and wonderful creatures. I have already written about the world’s largest insect and the world’s only carnivorous snail but the top of the pops for the weirdest creature is the pre-historic tuatara. (pronounced too -a -tar -ra) Tuatara is Maori for ‘peaks on the back’ and Maoris regard them as a special treasure.

Tuatara

These unique lizard-like reptiles, often referred to as ‘living fossils’ have been around for 225 million years and are basically miniature dinosaurs and are the last survivors of an ancient lineage of reptiles. Although they were once found in many parts of the world, today, they are only found in New Zealand. read more