Daisys and Diamonds
Super_Ideal_Rock
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Not a dinosaur...just a lizard. If they had posed with a bird, then we could say they are with a dinosaur since birds are descended from the one branch of dinosaurs that survived.
And there's your fact for the day you will only use if you go on Jeopardy!
i know you teach chem and not bio
but they are really cute
![tuatara-matiu-somes-island-1200.jpg](https://www.doc.govt.nz/thumbs/gallery/globalassets/images/nature/native-animals/reptiles-and-frogs/tuatara/tuatara-matiu-somes-island-1200.jpg)
![www.doc.govt.nz](https://www.doc.govt.nz/thumbs/hero/contentassets/ca880f6e80354127ae5d97f5df32cad4/tuatara-eating-weta-mike-heydon-1920.jpg)
Tuatara
Tuatara are a rare reptile found only in New Zealand. They are the last survivors of an order of reptiles that thrived in the age of the dinosaurs.
New Zealand status: Endemic
Conservation status: At Risk-Relict
Found in: Tuatara once lived throughout mainland New Zealand but now only survive in the wild on 32 islands.
Threats: Rats, mice, habitat destruction, poaching, low genetic diversity.