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Weta are an ancient relativeof grasshoppers and crickets

Weta are an ancient relative
of grasshoppers and crickets

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Weta are an ancient relative of grasshoppers and crickets.
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5 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:03:24
Uploaded
Jul 07, 2025
Season
1
Episode
5
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AB Filmcenter

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Over 70 different species are known,
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For their protection,
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But weighing more than a hamster,
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These are nikau,
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Their family tree split away from lizards
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It would be easy to lump tuatara in with other reptiles
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But once you see one, it becomes very apparent that they are
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The tuatara is the only survivor of an ancient group of rept...
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They're a sister group to the dinosaurs
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Yet the tuatara survived when most of its relatives couldn&#...
S01 • E01 Their origins predate the dinosaurs by 20 million years. - Modern Dinosaurs 00:05
Their origins predate the dinosaurs by 20 million years.