Henry the tuatara

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Have you heard of a tuatara? Well I hadn’t. It is apparently a lizard like creature, which has descended from dinosaurs and currently only a handful of them live in some of New Zealand’s islands. The word “tuatara” is derived from the Maori word meaning “spiny back” and in Maori legend they are messengers of Whiro the god of death and disaster. Henry the tuatara is in the news for a sudden shoot in his libido after showing absolutely no interest in females for the past 100 years! But at 110 Henry is just reaching middle age and has got another century ahead of him to expand his population, which will be vital to their numbers.