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

It's a historywritten into their strange anatomy

It's a history
written into their strange anatomy

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It's a history written into their strange anatomy.
Duration
5 seconds
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24
Timestamp in Movie
00:05:08
Uploaded
Jul 07, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
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Production
AB Filmcenter

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S01 • E05 Whoa... They like your head, Nic. - Modern Dinosaurs 00:04
Whoa... They like your head, Nic.
S01 • E01 Tuatara have no openings for their ears - Modern Dinosaurs 00:06
Tuatara have no openings for their ears
S01 • E05 (LAUGHS) - Modern Dinosaurs 00:11
(LAUGHS)
S01 • E01 But their large skulls do contain a remarkable third eye, - Modern Dinosaurs 00:08
But their large skulls do contain a remarkable third eye,
S01 • E05 They have survived for 180 million years, - Modern Dinosaurs 00:06
They have survived for 180 million years,
S01 • E01 Visible at birth, scales cover the eye within just a few months. - Modern Dinosaurs 00:05
Visible at birth, scales cover the eye within just a few mon...
S01 • E01 Scientists are still uncertain of its purpose. - Modern Dinosaurs 00:04
Scientists are still uncertain of its purpose.
S01 • E05 I know that, um, early Maori called them wetapunga, - Modern Dinosaurs 00:13
I know that, um, early Maori called them wetapunga,
S01 • E01 But the third eye is just one of the tuatara's many surprises. - Modern Dinosaurs 00:06
But the third eye is just one of the tuatara's many sur...
S01 • E05 They look heavily armoured and dangerous, - Modern Dinosaurs 00:06
They look heavily armoured and dangerous,
S01 • E01 Most modern animals have teeth that grow out of sockets. - Modern Dinosaurs 00:05
Most modern animals have teeth that grow out of sockets.
S01 • E01 The tuatara's teeth grow direct from the jaw - Modern Dinosaurs 00:11
The tuatara's teeth grow direct from the jaw
S01 • E05 This has led to their numbers being driven to the edge of extinction, - Modern Dinosaurs 00:07
This has led to their numbers being driven to the edge of ex...
S01 • E05 Since the early 20th century, - Modern Dinosaurs 00:06
Since the early 20th century,
S01 • E01 The teeth work like scissors, - Modern Dinosaurs 00:06
The teeth work like scissors,
S01 • E05 Their only defence is to raise their spiked legs - Modern Dinosaurs 00:06
Their only defence is to raise their spiked legs
S01 • E01 When food is scarce, tuatara are capable - Modern Dinosaurs 00:11
When food is scarce, tuatara are capable
S01 • E05 Other giants of the invertebrate world can be found throughout the country. - Modern Dinosaurs 00:05
Other giants of the invertebrate world can be found througho...
S01 • E01 Their slow lifestyle helps them to live - Modern Dinosaurs 00:06
Their slow lifestyle helps them to live
S01 • E05 This 20-centimetre-long stick insect - Modern Dinosaurs 00:08
This 20-centimetre-long stick insect