Zealandia
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Tuatara ambassadors are ready for the spotlight!
- Zealandia
- The tuatara is an ancient reptile with three eyes and no penis. Its ancestors once walked with dinosaurs and it is often called a “living fossil”. We call it a “living treasure”. These strange features are just a few reasons why Zealandia is celebrating this unique species during Tuatara February. By training two ambassador animals to help explain their strange natural history, visitors can get up close and personal or name one of these special creatures. After being brought to Zealandia from Southland Museum, the two tuatara have been in training to help them feel more at ease in human company and comfortable being handled.
- Accepted from Zealandia news
- Tagged as:
- tuatara
- karori-sanctuary
Zealandia, Lake Road, Highbury, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Tagging votes
These votes contributed to this item's tagging:
- tuatara - Hand tagged by autotagger
- sanctuary - Hand tagged by autotagger
- animals - Ancestor of tag tuatara
- conservation - Ancestor of tag sanctuary
- conservation - Publisher tag
- sanctuary - Publisher tag
- conservation - Ancestor of publisher tag sanctuary
- tours - Publisher tag
- tourism - Ancestor of publisher tag tours
- conservation - Ancestor of feed tag sanctuary
- sanctuary - Feed tag
- Zealandia, Lake Road, Highbury, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand - Publisher's location
- Zealandia, Lake Road, Highbury, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6011, New Zealand - Karori Sanctuary tag geocode
