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  2. Why the Tuatara Has Three Eyes - AOL

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    On average, the tuatara lives for 60 years, but it can live to be older than 100. The oldest known living tuatara is Henry, a 130-year-old member of his species living in a New Zealand animal reserve.

  3. Henry (tuatara) - Wikipedia

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    Henry was named after Henry VIII and according to tuatara keeper Lindsay Hazley, "The plan was for Henry to have lots of wives." [2] A cancerous tumour was removed from Henry's genital region in 2008, which caused Henry's libido to come back. [3] In 2009 Henry became a father for the first time at the age of about 111.

  4. Tuatara - Wikipedia

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    Tuatara are of interest for studying the evolution of reptiles. Tuatara are greenish brown and grey, and measure up to 80 cm (31 in) from head to tail-tip and weigh up to 1.3 kg (2.9 lb) [10] with a spiny crest along the back, especially pronounced in males. They have two rows of teeth in the upper jaw overlapping one row on the lower jaw ...

  5. List of longest-living organisms - Wikipedia

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    The tuatara, a lizard-like reptile native to New Zealand, can live well over 100 years. Henry, a tuatara at the Southland Museum in New Zealand, mated for the first time at the estimated age of 111 years in 2009 with an 80-year-old female and fathered 11 baby tuatara. [115]

  6. Rhynchocephalia - Wikipedia

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    The tuatara has an average total length of 34.8 and 42.7 centimetres (13.7 and 16.8 in) for females and males respectively. [28] Clevosaurus sectumsemper has an estimated total length of 12 centimetres (4.7 in), [ 29 ] while large individuals of the largest known terrestrial sphenodontian, Priosphenodon avelasi reached total lengths of just ...

  7. Tuatha Dé Danann - Wikipedia

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    The Tuatha Dé Danann as depicted in John Duncan's Riders of the Sidhe (1911). The Tuatha Dé Danann (Irish: [ˈt̪ˠuə(hə) dʲeː ˈd̪ˠan̪ˠən̪ˠ], meaning "the folk of the goddess Danu"), also known by the earlier name Tuath Dé ("tribe of the gods"), [1] are a supernatural race in Irish mythology.

  8. List of biblical figures identified in extra-biblical sources

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    These are biblical figures unambiguously identified in contemporary sources according to scholarly consensus.Biblical figures that are identified in artifacts of questionable authenticity, for example the Jehoash Inscription and the bullae of Baruch ben Neriah, or who are mentioned in ancient but non-contemporary documents, such as David and Balaam, [n 1] are excluded from this list.

  9. Irish mythology - Wikipedia

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    Irish mythology is the body of myths indigenous to the island of Ireland. It was originally passed down orally in the prehistoric era.In the early medieval era, myths were written down by Christian scribes, who Christianized them to some extent.