BEIJING, Aug. 6 (Xinhuanet) -- An 111-year-old New Zealand indigenous reptile thought to be one of the last living remnants of the dinosaurs will soon become a proud pappa for the first time in decades.

    Henry the tuatara and his younger mate Mildred produced a dozen eggs last month after mating at the Southland Museum on New Zealand's South Island in March.

    Tuatara curator Lindsay Hazley said Wednesday Henry has lived at the museum's special enclosure for Tuatara since 1970 and had shown no interest in sex until he recently had a cancerous growth removed from his genitals. He was now enjoying the company of three females and might breed again next March.

    (Agencies)