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NASA Helps Giant Tortoises Make Return To Galapagos Islands After 150 Years
The Galapagos National Park Directorate has released more than 10,000 tortoises throughout the archipelago over the past 60 years.
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100-Year-Old Tortoise Starts His First-Time Fatherhood at Philadelphia Zoo
The Philadelphia Zoo has long been active in Galápagos tortoise conservation—giants native to the Ecuadorian archipelago. Arriving in the zoo in the 1940s, it had never exhibited any inclination for mating. But lately, staff members paired him with a 35-year-old female called Estrella based on behavioral changes.
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Chunky Panday's Beach Days And Giant Tortoise Visit On The "Island Paradise" Of Seychelles
Chunky Panday and his family recently escaped to the serene beaches of Seychelles
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Jonathan The Tortoise, World's Oldest Living Land Animal, Turns 191
The giant tortoise is still hale and hearty, according to the veterinarian who is looking after the animal.
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World's Oldest Tortoise, Jonathan, Turns 190
He was born not long after Napoleon died, and is now officially the planet's oldest known living land animal.
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Escaped Giant Tortoise Halts Trains For Two Hours In UK
A train passenger posted a photo of the tortoise on Twitter that showed a giant gash on its shell, which was caused by the impact of a train.
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Rare Baby Albino Galapagos Giant Tortoise Makes Public Debut, Internet Delighted
A zoo in Switzerland has welcomed a rare albino Galapagos giant tortoise. The zoo posted a "never before seen" photo of the baby tortoise on its Facebook page on Friday. The two tortoises were born as part of a conservation program.
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'Vegetarian' Giant Tortoise Eats Bird In "Horrifying" Video
A research paper revealed that this was the “first documentation of deliberate hunting in any tortoise species”
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Aldabra Tortoise, Among Largest In World, "Stolen" From Chennai Park
A giant Aldabra tortoise, second largest in the world and estimated to be worth over Rs 10 lakh in the international market, has gone missing from the Crocodile Park at Mahabalipuram, 56 km south of Chennai in Tamil Nadu. Though the theft took place six weeks ago at the Madras Crocodile Bank Trust Centre for Herpetology, but seems to have become pu...
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100-Year-Old Giant Tortoise "Diego" Retires After Saving His Species
Diego the giant Galapagos tortoise whose tireless efforts are credited with almost single-handedly saving his once-threatened species, was put out to pasture Monday on his native island after decades of breeding in captivity, Ecuador's environment minister said.
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NASA Helps Giant Tortoises Make Return To Galapagos Islands After 150 Years
The Galapagos National Park Directorate has released more than 10,000 tortoises throughout the archipelago over the past 60 years.
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100-Year-Old Tortoise Starts His First-Time Fatherhood at Philadelphia Zoo
The Philadelphia Zoo has long been active in Galápagos tortoise conservation—giants native to the Ecuadorian archipelago. Arriving in the zoo in the 1940s, it had never exhibited any inclination for mating. But lately, staff members paired him with a 35-year-old female called Estrella based on behavioral changes.
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Chunky Panday's Beach Days And Giant Tortoise Visit On The "Island Paradise" Of Seychelles
Chunky Panday and his family recently escaped to the serene beaches of Seychelles
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Jonathan The Tortoise, World's Oldest Living Land Animal, Turns 191
The giant tortoise is still hale and hearty, according to the veterinarian who is looking after the animal.
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World's Oldest Tortoise, Jonathan, Turns 190
He was born not long after Napoleon died, and is now officially the planet's oldest known living land animal.
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Escaped Giant Tortoise Halts Trains For Two Hours In UK
A train passenger posted a photo of the tortoise on Twitter that showed a giant gash on its shell, which was caused by the impact of a train.
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Rare Baby Albino Galapagos Giant Tortoise Makes Public Debut, Internet Delighted
A zoo in Switzerland has welcomed a rare albino Galapagos giant tortoise. The zoo posted a "never before seen" photo of the baby tortoise on its Facebook page on Friday. The two tortoises were born as part of a conservation program.
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'Vegetarian' Giant Tortoise Eats Bird In "Horrifying" Video
A research paper revealed that this was the “first documentation of deliberate hunting in any tortoise species”
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Aldabra Tortoise, Among Largest In World, "Stolen" From Chennai Park
A giant Aldabra tortoise, second largest in the world and estimated to be worth over Rs 10 lakh in the international market, has gone missing from the Crocodile Park at Mahabalipuram, 56 km south of Chennai in Tamil Nadu. Though the theft took place six weeks ago at the Madras Crocodile Bank Trust Centre for Herpetology, but seems to have become pu...
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100-Year-Old Giant Tortoise "Diego" Retires After Saving His Species
Diego the giant Galapagos tortoise whose tireless efforts are credited with almost single-handedly saving his once-threatened species, was put out to pasture Monday on his native island after decades of breeding in captivity, Ecuador's environment minister said.
