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Tuatara were once plentifulthroughout New Zealand, but their survival is now threatened

Tuatara were once plentiful
throughout New Zealand, but their survival is now threatened

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Tuatara were once plentiful throughout New Zealand,
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but their survival is now threatened.
Duration
6 seconds
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24
Timestamp in Movie
00:08:05
Uploaded
Jul 07, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
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Production
AB Filmcenter

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A breeding programme was started in the 1990s
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Tuatara have been here over 200 million years
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