Reptile Native News Today

Reptile native. its really the sole survivor of an order that goes back to the dinosaurs. >> theyre entirely endangered. so the problem for these guys is again they evolved in the presence of avian predators, not mammals and so their response when threatened from above or at all is to freeze. if you freeze and youve got a rat or a cat behind you, its game over. >> so zelandia is one of the last few places the tuatara or but they want to make new zealand a predator-free country. it is a plan so o...

They were rediscovered high in the mountains. theyre one of our most endangered birds. theres only 280 left on the planet. >> its not just the birds on the brink here. this is the most iconic reptile native. looks le s like a lizard but is sole survivor of an order that goes back to the dinosaurs. >> the problem for these guys is, again, they evolved in the presence of avian predators, not mammals. and so their response when threatened, you know, from above, when threatened at all, is to freeze....