Little Barrier Tuatara Release 2010

Join Liz as she releases over 20 tuatara from the confines of the breeding facility to the wild hills of Little Barrier Island Hauturu.

Transcript: Voice of Liz Whitwell, Little Barrier Island Ranger.




Collecting tuatara from breeding facility on Little Barrier Island/Hauturu-o-Toi:




"Come on little fella. Time to go!"




"5, 4, 2... 5, 4, 2, 5?"




"In your vehicle, vehicle to freedom. Come on!"




"Come on mate. It's time to go."




"Well, that's the last they'll see of that home."




Walking through bush on Little Barrier Island/Hauturu-o-Toi:




"Right, almost there. Hopefully these guys don't suffer travel sickness!"




At release site on Little Barrier Island/Hauturu-o-Toi:




"Right, here we are."




"Right, where's a good spot? Ah ha! Down here I think. Oh, that's a marvellous hole Shane! Oh, that's going to be one happy little tuatara in there!"




"Hi!"




"? Keep going. There he goes. Bugs for dinner. Then you're on your own."




"See you later!"




"Right, this is the last one. Number 22! This one we've nicknamed 'Op'. He's kind of special to us because when he was a baby he had a growth on his neck which we ended up operating on, and taking a huge chunk of skin off his neck which is totally healed over. He looks really good. So if he wants to come out? Here we are. Alright matey. Time for your new home. See ya! Woo hoo!"

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Little
• Barrier
• Island
• tuatara
• sphenodon
• native
• endemic
• hauturu
• new
• zealand
• conservation

[LOLO2429A]

Your effort and work to keep this species ist very admirable, is the oldest reptile in the world, they realy need your help, here in mexico the black iguana (tnosaura pectinata) ist near to extintion.

[taurusfilm]

so cool keep up the great work