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110 YR. OLD TUATARA DAD!!!

wow that's cool! glad his cancer didn't get the best of him since I guess 100 is only mid live for that guy
 
That's amazing! I had no idea there were any lizards that could live that long. The only animal I was aware of having such a long life were tortoises. Thanks for sharing that with us.
 
That was really fascinating; my thoughts exactly as above! Thanks for sharing!
 
snakemom1961 said:
That's amazing! I had no idea there were any lizards that could live that long. The only animal I was aware of having such a long life were tortoises. Thanks for sharing that with us.
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Actually Tuataras are not lizards but their own family group like snakes, turtles, lizards and alligator/crocodile. There are only 2 species but they are really cool and very ancient species.
 
You might already know this, but I'll restate it here anyway.. One theory of why the dinosaurs ..or at least many of the "well known" dinosaurs we find fossils of went extinct was because of their poorly evolved sizes. Especially on islands smaller is better. There may not be enough food to support such a large animal, so animals naturally select for smaller and smaller species within their breeding group.

It makes sense to me that an animal who's been around for such a long time would be small.
 
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