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Tiny white tortoise baby is the ‘first of its kind'
The white tortoise is one of two Galápagos giant tortoises (Chelonoidis niger) that recently hatched at Tropiquarium, a zoo in Servion, Switzerland.The pair of eggs were laid by a 220-pound (100 ...
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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 ...
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Tortoise Not Seen for 113 Years Found on Galapagos Island
On February 17, an expedition in search of the tortoise, which was feared extinct, found a lone female buried in brush in a remote area on the island of Fernandina in the Galapagos, according to a ...