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Are tuataras prey or predator

Updated: 8/19/2019
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Lauren25419

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Tuatara are both predator and prey. While adults have few natural predators, introduced predators such as dogs, stoats and ferrets have proven to be a threat to tuatara. The kiore (Polynesian rat) as well as two species of European rats steal the eggs and eat the hatchlings. Tuatara, in turn, are carnivores and therefore predators, feeding on insects, lizards, birds' eggs and their chicks, and even seabirds.

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