Sunday, February 27, 2005


Cape Kidnappers! Isn't that cool?? Supposedly, it is supposed to resemble a Tuatara's tail. A Tuatara is a native New Zealand reptile that is the only species surviving in its family from dinosaur times. They may live 100-200 years and - I learned all this at Te Papa, the National Museum of New Zealand, by the way - they do everything super slowly. The exhibit at Te Papa said that "one breath can last an hour. Their eggs take four years to develop, and when laid, take a year or more to hatch." Isn't that amazing? But the Cape itself is pretty darn amazing, whether you know what a Tuatara's tail looks like or not.

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