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Nascent Drama

A rare 111-year-old New Zealand reptile with links to the age of the dinosaurs is to become a father for the first time in at least 38 years after regaining an interest in sex.
 
Henry the tuatara, a lizard-like creature of prehistoric origin, had grown fat and lazy after arriving at Southland Museum in the remote South Island city of Invercargill in 1970, staff said.
 
Tuatara are found only in New Zealand and are the only existing members of the Order Sphenodontia, which was represented by many species during the age of the dinosaurs some 200 million years ago, according to a government website.
 
Henry, a 1.2 kilogram (2.6 pound), 600 mm (23 inch) long representative of his kind, is now enjoying the company of three females in his enclosure, with the next breeding season due in eight months.
 
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