Four babies born to nearly 100-year-old parents? It happened in Philadelphia
OK, so the parents are endangered Galapagos tortoises. The Philadelphia Zoo shared the happy news about its oldest and most ...
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Philly Zoo’s 100-year-old tortoise gives birth to critically endangered hatchlings
For the first time in over 150 years, the Philadelphia Zoo has new additions to the Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise ...
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Philadelphia Zoo welcomes four critically endangered Galapagos tortoises with more ...
The Philadelphia Zoo is celebrating the birth of four critically endangered Galapagos tortoises, the first hatchlings born in ...
Endangered tortoise, roughly 97, becomes oldest first-time mom of her species
Four rare Western Santa Cruz Galápagos tortoise hatchlings will go on public view at Philadelphia Zoo starting April 23.
Philadelphia Zoo hatches 4 endangered Western Galapagos tortoises
PHILADELPHIA — On Thursday, the Philadelphia Zoo announced the hatching of four critically endangered Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises for the first time in the zoo’s 151-year history. The ...
Swissinfo2 年
Rare albino Galapagos giant tortoise makes debut at Swiss zoo
“This is the first time in the world that an albino Galapagos tortoise has been born and kept ... laid five eggs on February 11 and the albino baby hatched on May 1. The other baby hatched ...
MercoPress6 年
Rare giant tortoise surfaces in the Galapagos Islands after a century
The tortoise is believed to be about 100 years old. It was taken by boat to the main Galapagos conservation center on Santa Cruz island. Conservationists in the Galapagos Islands have found a ...
AOL1 个月
Watch This 106-Year-Old Galapagos Tortoise Enjoy a Special Spa Day
On average, a Galapagos tortoise grows to about 5 feet long, but the largest recorded was nearly 6 feet. Female tortoises are quite impressive, weighing in at around 250 pounds.