January 27, 2009—Henry, a centenarian tuatara—a lizard-like New Zealand reptile often called a living dinosaur—became a new father Monday. Tuataras are indigenous New Zealand reptiles that resemble lizards but descend from a distinct lineage of reptile that walked the Earth with the dinosaurs 225 million years ago, zoologists say. A lucky tuatara might live for as long as 250 years.

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