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NARRATOR: New Zealand, - Modern Dinosaurs

NARRATOR: New Zealand,

..by thousands of kilometres
of open ocean. - Modern Dinosaurs

..by thousands of kilometres of open ocean.

Landscapes forged by titanic forces. - Modern Dinosaurs

Landscapes forged by titanic forces.

Peaks carved by fire...and ice. - Modern Dinosaurs

Peaks carved by fire...and ice.

Over millions of years, these islands
and neighbouring Australia - Modern Dinosaurs

Over millions of years, these islands and neighbouring Austr...

Bizarre species found nowhere else
on Earth - Modern Dinosaurs

Bizarre species found nowhere else on Earth

Some of the world's
most unusual animals evolved - Modern Dinosaurs

Some of the world's most unusual animals evolved

A unique creature survived - Modern Dinosaurs

A unique creature survived

Scientists venture into
remote parts of New Zealand - Modern Dinosaurs

Scientists venture into remote parts of New Zealand

They reveal its distant relatives. - Modern Dinosaurs

They reveal its distant relatives.

How did this ancient reptile survive - Modern Dinosaurs

How did this ancient reptile survive

Just 80 kilometres north of Auckland - Modern Dinosaurs

Just 80 kilometres north of Auckland

Department of Conservation rangers
Leigh Joyce and Richard Walle - Modern Dinosaurs

Department of Conservation rangers Leigh Joyce and Richard W...

Today, their colleague Nicola Toki - Modern Dinosaurs

Today, their colleague Nicola Toki

As the department's
threatened species ambassador, - Modern Dinosaurs

As the department's threatened species ambassador,

Nicola's here today to learn about
the tuatara breeding programme. - Modern Dinosaurs

Nicola's here today to learn about the tuatara breeding...

Little Barrier, or Hauturu,
is the closest you can get - Modern Dinosaurs

Little Barrier, or Hauturu, is the closest you can get

Many of these animals are the last of
their kind living in the wild. - Modern Dinosaurs

Many of these animals are the last of their kind living in t...

For their protection, - Modern Dinosaurs

For their protection,

You've got native bats here, the
short-tailed and long-tailed bat, - Modern Dinosaurs

You've got native bats here, the short-tailed and long-...

The team has come to the island
to investigate a living fossil - - Modern Dinosaurs

The team has come to the island to investigate a living foss...

At nearly a metre long, the tuatara
may look like a large lizard, - Modern Dinosaurs

At nearly a metre long, the tuatara may look like a large li...

Their family tree
split away from lizards - Modern Dinosaurs

Their family tree split away from lizards

It would be easy to lump
tuatara in with other reptiles - Modern Dinosaurs

It would be easy to lump tuatara in with other reptiles

But once you see one, it becomes
very apparent that they are - Modern Dinosaurs

But once you see one, it becomes very apparent that they are

The tuatara is the only survivor
of an ancient group of reptiles - Modern Dinosaurs

The tuatara is the only survivor of an ancient group of rept...

They're a sister group
to the dinosaurs - Modern Dinosaurs

They're a sister group to the dinosaurs

Yet the tuatara survived
when most of its relatives couldn't. - Modern Dinosaurs

Yet the tuatara survived when most of its relatives couldn&#...

Their origins predate the dinosaurs
by 20 million years. - Modern Dinosaurs

Their origins predate the dinosaurs by 20 million years.

It's a history
written into their strange anatomy. - Modern Dinosaurs

It's a history written into their strange anatomy.

Tuatara have no openings
for their ears - Modern Dinosaurs

Tuatara have no openings for their ears

But their large skulls do contain
a remarkable third eye, - Modern Dinosaurs

But their large skulls do contain a remarkable third eye,

Visible at birth, scales cover
the eye within just a few months. - Modern Dinosaurs

Visible at birth, scales cover the eye within just a few mon...

Scientists are still uncertain
of its purpose. - Modern Dinosaurs

Scientists are still uncertain of its purpose.

But the third eye is just one of
the tuatara's many surprises. - Modern Dinosaurs

But the third eye is just one of the tuatara's many sur...

Most modern animals have teeth
that grow out of sockets. - Modern Dinosaurs

Most modern animals have teeth that grow out of sockets.

The tuatara's teeth
grow direct from the jaw - Modern Dinosaurs

The tuatara's teeth grow direct from the jaw

The teeth work like scissors, - Modern Dinosaurs

The teeth work like scissors,

When food is scarce,
tuatara are capable - Modern Dinosaurs

When food is scarce, tuatara are capable

Their slow lifestyle
helps them to live - Modern Dinosaurs

Their slow lifestyle helps them to live

Free of predatory mammals
and offering plenty of food sources, - Modern Dinosaurs

Free of predatory mammals and offering plenty of food source...

Guys, this is the juvenile part
of the tuatarium. - Modern Dinosaurs

Guys, this is the juvenile part of the tuatarium.

Let's see. (HUSHING)
(MURMURING) - Modern Dinosaurs

Let's see. (HUSHING) (MURMURING)

Sometimes when you pat them
on their tummy,
it calms them right down. - Modern Dinosaurs

Sometimes when you pat them on their tummy, it calms them ri...

By the time she's fully grown, she
will have more than tripled in size. - Modern Dinosaurs

By the time she's fully grown, she will have more than ...

The ability to shed their tail
when attacked - Modern Dinosaurs

The ability to shed their tail when attacked

The whole idea is
the tail keeps wriggling, - Modern Dinosaurs

The whole idea is the tail keeps wriggling,

Tuatara were once plentiful
throughout New Zealand, - Modern Dinosaurs

Tuatara were once plentiful throughout New Zealand,

The arrival of humans and introduced
predators nearly wiped them out. - Modern Dinosaurs

The arrival of humans and introduced predators nearly wiped ...

Their eggs were easy targets
for introduced rodents. - Modern Dinosaurs

Their eggs were easy targets for introduced rodents.

The fossil records show
that the moment rats arrived, - Modern Dinosaurs

The fossil records show that the moment rats arrived,

Little Barrier
is one of the few places - Modern Dinosaurs

Little Barrier is one of the few places

A breeding programme
was started in the 1990s - Modern Dinosaurs

A breeding programme was started in the 1990s

The threat of extinction
was very real. - Modern Dinosaurs

The threat of extinction was very real.

Tuatara have been here
over 200 million years - Modern Dinosaurs

Tuatara have been here over 200 million years

But these animals survived - Modern Dinosaurs

But these animals survived

How did tuatara survive
the catastrophic events - Modern Dinosaurs

How did tuatara survive the catastrophic events

What have we got here?
One of the females here - Modern Dinosaurs

What have we got here? One of the females here

We'll dig them up,
because if we leave them here
and the young ones hatch, - Modern Dinosaurs

We'll dig them up, because if we leave them here and th...

Cannibalism is a common
survival strategy among reptiles. - Modern Dinosaurs

Cannibalism is a common survival strategy among reptiles.

Great care is taken when removing
the eggs from the burrow. - Modern Dinosaurs

Great care is taken when removing the eggs from the burrow.

Richard will transport them from here
to an incubator. - Modern Dinosaurs

Richard will transport them from here to an incubator.

They can take a little bump,
but of course, - Modern Dinosaurs

They can take a little bump, but of course,

These precious eggs - Modern Dinosaurs

These precious eggs

The cool New Zealand climate
forces the young - Modern Dinosaurs

The cool New Zealand climate forces the young

It's the longest incubation period
observed in a reptile. - Modern Dinosaurs

It's the longest incubation period observed in a reptil...

So, I just write a little number
on them for records - Modern Dinosaurs

So, I just write a little number on them for records

Though tuatara can lay
up to 19 eggs at a time, - Modern Dinosaurs

Though tuatara can lay up to 19 eggs at a time,

It really is like you're digging up
treasure, isn't it? - Modern Dinosaurs

It really is like you're digging up treasure, isn'...

To think that this is holding - Modern Dinosaurs

To think that this is holding

Thanks to Little Barrier's
breeding programme, - Modern Dinosaurs

Thanks to Little Barrier's breeding programme,

Over only a few years, the population
has increased to nearly 300. - Modern Dinosaurs

Over only a few years, the population has increased to nearl...

So, that head start just gives them
that little bit of extra push, - Modern Dinosaurs

So, that head start just gives them that little bit of extra...

Tuatara, that means
"spiny back" in Maori. - Modern Dinosaurs

Tuatara, that means "spiny back" in Maori.

It's the bit for me that just links
them straight to the dinosaurs. - Modern Dinosaurs

It's the bit for me that just links them straight to th...

He's like a mini stegosaurus
or something. (LAUGHS) Yeah. - Modern Dinosaurs

He's like a mini stegosaurus or something. (LAUGHS) Yea...

Its spine is made of keratin,
the same material as fingernails. - Modern Dinosaurs

Its spine is made of keratin, the same material as fingernai...

And while it might look like
a miniature dinosaur, - Modern Dinosaurs

And while it might look like a miniature dinosaur,

From its third eye, unique teeth,
long life and slow lifestyle, - Modern Dinosaurs

From its third eye, unique teeth, long life and slow lifesty...

Researching this ancient
reptile's competition - Modern Dinosaurs

Researching this ancient reptile's competition

The first would be discovered
in an unassuming stream bed - Modern Dinosaurs

The first would be discovered in an unassuming stream bed

The Maungataniwha Forest is in
New Zealand's central North Island. - Modern Dinosaurs

The Maungataniwha Forest is in New Zealand's central No...

Accessing its remote
and rugged landscape is not easy. - Modern Dinosaurs

Accessing its remote and rugged landscape is not easy.

Geologist Julian Thompson
and fossil enthusiast Pete Shore - Modern Dinosaurs

Geologist Julian Thompson and fossil enthusiast Pete Shore

The ancestors of the tuatara
were called Rhynchocephalians, - Modern Dinosaurs

The ancestors of the tuatara were called Rhynchocephalians,

(GROWLS) - Modern Dinosaurs

180 million years ago,
the Southern Hemisphere - Modern Dinosaurs

180 million years ago, the Southern Hemisphere

Over millions of years,
Gondwana broke apart - Modern Dinosaurs

Over millions of years, Gondwana broke apart

By the time New Zealand separated, - Modern Dinosaurs

By the time New Zealand separated,

Yet for years,
no fossil record of dinosaurs - Modern Dinosaurs

Yet for years, no fossil record of dinosaurs

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Writer: James Heyward

Production: AB Filmcenter

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Year: 2017

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Released: 01 Sep 2017

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