Tuataras are one of the world’s oldest surviving species and lived on Earth before the dinosaurs.
A group of ancient three-eyed reptiles, from a species that dates back before the dinosaurs, have been welcomed at a zoo.
Fossil records show they first appeared on Earth more than 200 million years ago, and about 50,000 are estimated to remain in the wild. Instead, it helps to sense the intensity of sunlight and thermoregulate body temperature, circadian rhythm, navigation and hormone regulation. Conservationists say the introduction of rats and other invasive species may have played a part in their demise, as well as a changing climate.A Chester Zoo spokesperson said experts at the zoo became the first to ever breed tuatara outside of their native home in 2016.
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