Tuataras

Tuataras are a really cool lizard that I read about in a very interesting science book called Oh, Yuck! by Joy Masoff. She also has another yucky book out about history called Oh, Yikes!. They are very interesting, and not boring or too disgusting, and I learned a lot of cool things. Anywho, the most interesting thing about tuataras is that they have a third eye at the top of their heads that is covered by a flap of skin. It is used by tuataras to sense light, not to see. Here are some more interesting facts about tuataras:
-Female tuataras lay eggs once every four years. The eggs themselves take over a year to hatch.
-Tuataras can live 4 up 2 a hundred years.
-Tuataras are very slow creatures.
-Tuataras are the closest living relatives to dinosaurs.
I hope that you learned a lot about tuataras, and I hope that you will either rent or buy one (or both) of those Joy Masoff books that I mentioned earlier.
On a closing note, I would like to thank this site for the picture: http://nzphoto.tripod.com/animal/tuatara.htm
Bye! If you liked this post, more coming soon (not necessarily about lizards, though)!!!