When they arrived is unknown.

WOW!!!! That's a great photo of my hero...got one with him and a rope and a republicoon or jewdough republicoon...:o))))))))))))))

[T]here is one claſs of quadrupeds that ſeems entirely left to chance, […] Theſe are the quadrupeds that are brought forth from the egg, ſuch as the lizard, the tortoiſe, and the crocodile. […] [T]he numerous brood of eggs are, vvithout farther ſolicitude, buried in the vvarm ſands of the ſhore, and the heat of the ſun alone is left to bring them to perfection.

He knew that by coming out to his family he would be crossing the Rubicon, but he could not live a lie anymore.