August 7, 2008
You might think that a 45 year-old woman jacked up on fertility drugs to conceive her first child is sinister. But she’s nothing compared to Henry, a rare 111 year-old reptile who is about to become a father for the first time. His 80-year-old partner, Mildred, laid 12 eggs in mid-July, 11 of which are due to hatch in about six months. **Henry earns extra sinister points after “He bit the tail off his previous female companion twice,” according to Museum curator Lindsay Hazley.

You might think that a 45 year-old woman jacked up on fertility drugs to conceive her first child is sinister. But she’s nothing compared to Henry, a rare 111 year-old reptile who is about to become a father for the first time. His 80-year-old partner, Mildred, laid 12 eggs in mid-July, 11 of which are due to hatch in about six months. **Henry earns extra sinister points after “He bit the tail off his previous female companion twice,” according to Museum curator Lindsay Hazley.

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