Assertion: tuatara | /r/HasProperty | regarded
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text: The kiore, or Polynesian rat, preys heavily on eggs and the young, and the tuatara may be regarded as seriously threatened with extinction on islands where rats and other mammals, such as cats and pigs, have been introduced.
text: Tuatara are regarded as “taonga” (treasure), viewed as guardians of knowledge, and sometimes associated with bad omens.
text: The tuatara could also be regarded as research-friendly: it is small enough to be manageable by hand, yet its body is large enough to enable the attachment of a radiotransmitter and to have blood or other tissues taken; it is not poisonous or particularly dangerous; and it lives for a long time, allowing for extended studies of the same individuals.