The Small, Slow Tuatara is Top Predator in its Ecosystem🦎 Into The Wild New Zealand | Smithsonian

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  • čas přidán 11. 04. 2023
  • The lethargic Tuatara’s diet is mostly made up of invertebrates. But their metabolism is so slow that they’re fine if they don't make a kill for a while-one meal can last them for a long time.
    From: Into the Wild New Zealand
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Komentáře • 18

  • @arrowghost
    @arrowghost Před 4 měsíci +14

    Wow, Leo is worried he'll die at 75, but this documentary shows he can reach 100 years old or more in captivity.

  • @erinwalker711
    @erinwalker711 Před 5 měsíci +12

    I am here because of the Netflix movie 🎥 “Leo because they look exactly like the character!

    • @bugloverspiderlover8490
      @bugloverspiderlover8490 Před 5 měsíci +4

      They said he was a tuatara,but they don’t live in the Everglades,just regular iguanas.

    • @erinwalker711
      @erinwalker711 Před 5 měsíci

      Well, he’s a cartoon. They always do things we don’t expect.

  • @QuantumMechanic_88
    @QuantumMechanic_88 Před rokem +16

    The Tuatara lives over 100 years. No hurry / No worry.

  • @barron204
    @barron204 Před rokem +10

    3 of them at my local zoo. Cute.

  • @pawshands9706
    @pawshands9706 Před rokem +8

    Another spectacular creature from Aotearoa. ❤

    • @Cha4k
      @Cha4k Před 7 měsíci +3

      They're not just found in Aotearoa (Northland) they're found across the entire north island and at the tip of the south island too.

  • @zleyow15
    @zleyow15 Před 4 měsíci +6

    who’s here after watching leo?😂

  • @beverlylumley4150
    @beverlylumley4150 Před rokem +3

    Amazing creature, Canada

  • @S85B50Engine
    @S85B50Engine Před rokem +1

    It's funny how a car that was made to beat production car records was named after such a slow animal

  • @mehedihasanmanna786
    @mehedihasanmanna786 Před rokem +2

    The World is about four and half billion years old
    And this creature lives two billions!!!!!!! What a heck of a run and features!!!!! ❤

  • @fpsdovah2572
    @fpsdovah2572 Před rokem +8

    My grandad saved one that got badly wounded and nursed it back to health. These days you'd be considered a criminal and probably face jail or a huge fine because new Zealand has lost its marbles like the west.

  • @Pwnagotchi-0
    @Pwnagotchi-0 Před 11 měsíci +3

    2:00 they live well over 100 years and it takes them to the age of 35 to be sexually mature

  • @brydc0ck31
    @brydc0ck31 Před 9 měsíci

    Tuatara is in the reptile family.

  • @DorothyPotterSnyder
    @DorothyPotterSnyder Před měsícem

    Time is different for a tuatara.

  • @hunterhq295
    @hunterhq295 Před rokem

    Looks like an iguana