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Modern Dinosaurs

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Each has a unique reptile survivor - - Modern Dinosaurs

Each has a unique reptile survivor -

Rangers Leigh Joyce and Nicola Toki - Modern Dinosaurs

Rangers Leigh Joyce and Nicola Toki

We know an asteroid hit the Earth, - Modern Dinosaurs

We know an asteroid hit the Earth,

What we then discover
is that at the time of the impact, - Modern Dinosaurs

What we then discover is that at the time of the impact,

And for a brief moment in time,
there's nothing. - Modern Dinosaurs

And for a brief moment in time, there's nothing.

We surmise that
the main killing mechanism - Modern Dinosaurs

We surmise that the main killing mechanism

The reason the dinosaurs died
versus other things - Modern Dinosaurs

The reason the dinosaurs died versus other things

Wow... (LAUGHS) - Modern Dinosaurs

Wow... (LAUGHS)

Despite their fearsome appearance, - Modern Dinosaurs

Despite their fearsome appearance,

Tuatara and saltwater crocodiles - Modern Dinosaurs

Tuatara and saltwater crocodiles

When food is scarce, the ability
to not eat for up to a year - Modern Dinosaurs

When food is scarce, the ability to not eat for up to a year

Both the tuatara and the crocodile - Modern Dinosaurs

Both the tuatara and the crocodile

Their slow pace of life
left them better suited - Modern Dinosaurs

Their slow pace of life left them better suited

She's got these amazing little claws
on the end of her feet, - Modern Dinosaurs

She's got these amazing little claws on the end of her ...

Like eels, - Modern Dinosaurs

500 kilometres away
on Little Barrier Island, - Modern Dinosaurs

500 kilometres away on Little Barrier Island,

But in that time, she can lay,
like, 300 to 500 eggs. - Modern Dinosaurs

But in that time, she can lay, like, 300 to 500 eggs.

So, she looks really kind of
ferocious, really, - Modern Dinosaurs

So, she looks really kind of ferocious, really,

Together with threatened species
ambassador Nicola Toki, - Modern Dinosaurs

Together with threatened species ambassador Nicola Toki,

So, it looks as though she's, like, - Modern Dinosaurs

So, it looks as though she's, like,

She's very docile, - Modern Dinosaurs

She's very docile,

NICOLA: Little Barrier's probably
the jewel in the crown - Modern Dinosaurs

NICOLA: Little Barrier's probably the jewel in the crow...

Um, she might raise her legs up
if she's in alarm. - Modern Dinosaurs

Um, she might raise her legs up if she's in alarm.

It's a perfect microcosm
of healthy New Zealand - Modern Dinosaurs

It's a perfect microcosm of healthy New Zealand

But her ovipositor,
the spine out the back,
is actually for laying her eggs. - Modern Dinosaurs

But her ovipositor, the spine out the back, is actually for ...

And she'll push that down
into the ground, - Modern Dinosaurs

And she'll push that down into the ground,

And it splits, her eggs
actually come down the middle, - Modern Dinosaurs

And it splits, her eggs actually come down the middle,

An old burrow
surrounded by vegetation - Modern Dinosaurs

An old burrow surrounded by vegetation

So, some of the ones that have
come from the same parentage - Modern Dinosaurs

So, some of the ones that have come from the same parentage

Right.
(CHUCKLES) - Modern Dinosaurs

Right. (CHUCKLES)

(LAUGHS) - Modern Dinosaurs

That looks like a...tail. - Modern Dinosaurs

That looks like a...tail.

The eleven species of giant weta
are all forest browsers. - Modern Dinosaurs

The eleven species of giant weta are all forest browsers.

Just be ready when he runs.
If he doesn't wanna go in, - Modern Dinosaurs

Just be ready when he runs. If he doesn't wanna go in,

The wetapunga
of Little Barrier Island
is the biggest of them all, - Modern Dinosaurs

The wetapunga of Little Barrier Island is the biggest of the...

OK. Then he could take
a very gentle tickle there. - Modern Dinosaurs

OK. Then he could take a very gentle tickle there.

(BOTH LAUGH) - Modern Dinosaurs

This tuatara will spend
much of its life near its burrow. - Modern Dinosaurs

This tuatara will spend much of its life near its burrow.

I would say definitely heavier
than a sparrow. Yep. - Modern Dinosaurs

I would say definitely heavier than a sparrow. Yep.

And she's been on your head.
Yeah... (LAUGHS) - Modern Dinosaurs

And she's been on your head. Yeah... (LAUGHS)

It's a pretty cool moment
in his life, isn't it? It is. - Modern Dinosaurs

It's a pretty cool moment in his life, isn't it? I...

Just gonna mark this site
so we know where he is. - Modern Dinosaurs

Just gonna mark this site so we know where he is.

That's it. We know where he is.
Gone in quite fast. - Modern Dinosaurs

That's it. We know where he is. Gone in quite fast.

Often, when they're hunting,
they literally - Modern Dinosaurs

Often, when they're hunting, they literally

When people think
of New Zealand wildlife, - Modern Dinosaurs

When people think of New Zealand wildlife,

The tuatara's slow lifestyle
is a big part of their success. - Modern Dinosaurs

The tuatara's slow lifestyle is a big part of their suc...

And yet, - Modern Dinosaurs

I mean, island gigantism
has occurred here - Modern Dinosaurs

I mean, island gigantism has occurred here

The ability to slow
its metabolism down - Modern Dinosaurs

The ability to slow its metabolism down

Evolving to thrive
in New Zealand's colder temperatures - Modern Dinosaurs

Evolving to thrive in New Zealand's colder temperatures

With few threats from predators
and no competition from mammals, - Modern Dinosaurs

With few threats from predators and no competition from mamm...

And with no competition from mammals
for millions of years, - Modern Dinosaurs

And with no competition from mammals for millions of years,

They are the last remaining
member of a family - Modern Dinosaurs

They are the last remaining member of a family

Throughout its
100-million-year history, - Modern Dinosaurs

Throughout its 100-million-year history,

If a species like this can survive - Modern Dinosaurs

If a species like this can survive

While it's impossible to say
what new adaptations
the next 100 million hold, - Modern Dinosaurs

While it's impossible to say what new adaptations the n...

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Director: N/A

Writer: James Heyward

Production: AB Filmcenter

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Year: 2017

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ImdbRating: 7.9

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Released: 01 Sep 2017

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