The tuatara is New Zealand's most iconic reptile native.

蜥是新西兰最具标志性爬行动物。

WEIR : So, Zealandia is one of the last few places that tuatara or a takahe can relax.

所以，新西兰是唯一一处和蜥栖息地。

Among the several subclasses (or " orders" in biology) of reptiles are snakes and lizards, turtles and tortoises, crocodiles and alligators, and the tuatara, a marine lizard in New Zealand.

在几个亚纲(或生物学“目”)爬虫类中，有蛇和蜥蜴、乌龟和陆龟、鳄鱼和短吻鳄以及虫蜥蜴——一种现存于新西兰海蜥蜴。

Here's a trait where tuatara are joined by many other reptiles, and even some fish.

这是一个特征，大蜥蜴与许多其他爬行动物，甚至一些鱼类一起加入。

And I don't want to judge, but I do think that, you know, tuatara are a little more interesting than bacteria.

不想评判， 但觉得，你知道， 针尾锦蛇比细菌有趣多了。

Its bones may resemble those of its Jurassic relatives, but at the molecular level, the tuatara -- like all of us!

它骨骼可能与侏罗纪时期亲戚相似，但在分子层面， tuatara——就像们所有人一样！

These reptiles thrived over 200 million years ago, but the tuatara is the last remaining member of their family.

这些爬行动物在超过2亿年前繁盛，但图阿塔拉是它们家族中唯一幸存成员。

So this is the legendary tuatara.

这就是传说中蜥。

But all that aside tuatara are definitely weird, in a TON of ways, which makes sense for something that's kinda been doing its own evolutionary thing for the past 200 million years.

但除此之外，蜥在很多方面都确实是奇怪，这对于过去 2 亿年来一直在进行自己进化生物来说也是有道理。

For your consideration, there's the tuatara!

供您考虑，有蜥！

A study in 2008 compared the mitochondrial DNA from both modern and fossil tuatara bones.

一项2008年研究比较了现代和化石楔齿蜥骨骼线粒体DNA。

The Ginkgo tree, platypus, echidna, coelacanths, nautlius, horseshoe crabs… and of course: the tuatara, the sole remaining member of a branch of reptiles that originated 200 million years ago.

银杏树、鸭嘴兽、针鼹、腔棘鱼、鹦鹉螺、鲎… … 当然还有蜥——2 亿年前起源爬行动物分支中唯一幸存成员。

Because of its ancient pedigree, the tuatara is often called a " living fossil" Oh man I'm a living fossil!

由于其古老血统，图阿塔拉常被称为“活化石” 哦天哪是个活化石！

Elderly tuatara end up eating soft foods like slugs and larvae That's just like people, right?

年老蜥最终会吃蛞蝓和幼虫等软食。这就像人类一样，对吗？

Show me your best tuatara I just got a neck cramp This reptile from New Zealand looks straight-up like a lizard, but it actually belongs to an entirely separate group of reptiles called Rynchocephalians.

给看看你最好针尾雨燕吧 刚脖子抽筋了 这种来自新西兰爬行动物看起来就像蜥蜴，但实际上它属于一个完全不同爬行动物群组， 称为目。

The plural of tuatara is tuatara.

tuatara 复数是 tuatara。

Real quick, some context: During the Project for Awesome livestream, John Green and I said that if we hit a fundraising goal, he'd ride a tiny rocking horse… and I'd make a tuatara video.

很快，一些背景信息：在 Project for Awesome 直播期间，约翰·格林 (John Green) 和说， 如果们达到了筹款目标，他就会骑一匹小摇摆马… … 而会制作一段蜥视频。

Many other lizards and frogs have them too, but that eye is more developed in tuatara than in any other species.

许多其他蜥蜴和青蛙也有这种眼睛，但是蜥眼睛比其他任何物种眼睛都发达。

We think tuatara and other non-warm blooded animals use their extra eye to sense the length of the day.

们认为大蜥蜴和其他非温血动物用它们额外眼睛来感知一天长度。

You need both to make more tuatara.

你需要两者才能生产出更多蜥。