Thursday 29 January 2009

Reptile born during reign of Queen Victoria fathers 11


From Metro:
A reptile in New Zealand has unexpectedly become a father at the ripe old age of 111 - after receiving treatment for a cancer which had made him hostile toward prospective mates.

The centenarian tuatara, named Henry, was thought to be long out of the mating game, until he was caught canoodling with a female named Mildred last March. That consummation that resulted in 11 babies being hatched on Monday.

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Henry was at least 70 years old when he arrived at the museum, 'a grumpy old man' who attacked other reptiles, including females. He stayed that way until a cancerous tumor was removed from his genitals in 2002, said Hazley.

'I went off the idea he was good for breeding,' Hazley told The Associated Press, but once the tumor was removed, 'he was no longer aggressive.'
Henry may be a bit of a dinosaur (and that's not just because he's reptilian) but apparently 111 is not too old to become a Dad!

3 comments:

  1. According to The Googlematron, this randy reptile puts humans to shame, fathering children a full 15 years later than the oldest recorded human pops!!

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  2. Much better than British men ... lolz!

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