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©2008-2009 ~RavensLore
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Tuatara with Puhoro, Wetas, Coprosma Repens, and Fairy Prions.

Interesting facts about Tuataras:
They are not lizards. The males do not have a penis.
They do not have teeth, just bone growths. Their eggs take a year and a half to hatch. They can live more than 100 years.

I painted this series of artworks for the April Feature in The Original heART Gallery New Zealand. They can be purchased through the gallery website.
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Each one is painted in oil on A3 sized Canvas paper.

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:iconmeihua:
Tuataras are so interesting... do they only occur in NZ?

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:iconravenslore:
They are endemic to New Zealand. They are extinct on the mainland because they are defenseless against house cats. This one is portrayed at the Brother's Island Colony.

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What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.-Ralph Waldo Emerson
:iconbatisi3o9:
Ooooh... I love Tuataras, they are so wild. They can't take temps higher then room temp.
:iconfuzzball288:
The detail is amazing, especially its face! I love the warm colors, too.
:iconmatariki:
I love this series of your work =) Amazing!
:iconravenslore:
Thanks. That color style was a big scary experiment, so I'm glad it turned out.

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What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.-Ralph Waldo Emerson
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So many weird things about them. Hasn't evolution just gotten a little boring since the humans started meddling with it? Tuatara make me imagine how it once might have been.

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What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.-Ralph Waldo Emerson
:iconkiwisunite:
wow i didnt know those facts! I learned somthing today :D
:iconravenslore:
Thanks, cool avatar.

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