Sometimes two eyes just aren’t enough. Thankfully the Tuatara, a lizard that lives on a few remote islands near New Zealand, has an extra one. The Tuatara has a third eye on the top of its head. We aren’t certain what it is used for but we do know that it gets covered by scales as the lizard grows up.
Three-eyed Lizard
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WOW!That’s really neat!
Weird!!! And cool!!!
In yoga there is a Chakra called the third eye Chakra. I wonder if it was inspired by this lizard?
Wow that’s amazing
Thats so cool!
That’s cool!
My dad told me they are a living fossil
Interesting!
How does he see at the top when he gets older?
Cool!!!