Tuatara

The Tuatara

This week we have been learning to write an explanation about animal life cycles, we had to pick animal and we got the tuatara. we had to write about them on google docs.stage one is the Egg stage two is the hatch-ling stage three Juvenile stage 4 is adult.  what went well was I used technical language and was proud of myself for learning new words. My next step would probably be working on my punctuation. Have you ever written about a animals life cycle.

Tuatara life cycle

Have you ever wondered how a Tuataras life cycle works?  well today I am going to tell you. 

Stage 1 The Egg 

When a female Tuatara lays its Eggs is laid in the soil in the ground an egg stays in the deep  burrow for 12 to 15 months before hatching. The eggs are soft and leathery when born.when an egg is warm it is a female and if the eggs are cold it is  a male.when the baby tuatara is just born it is born with three eyes. 

Stage 2 the Hatchling 

when a tuatara reaches a hatchling it loses its third eye because the scales cover over it when the tuatara becomes a hatchling over time the mum leaves it to defend themselves the length of a hatchling tuatara gets up to 12-15cm long for the first 15 years it starts being called a Juveniles.

Stage 3 Juveniles 

When a hatchling reaches Juvenile the Juveniles only hunt in the day because adults hunt at night and will kill the Juvenile tuatara Juveniles is not when they mate or have babies 

Stage 4 Adult 

Adult tuataras are 45-60cm an  Adult tuatara only hibernates in the winter to avoid cold weather tuataras have been around since dinosaurs they eat beetles,crickets,spiders,frogs,lizards and birds 

thats how a tuataras life cycle works.