Rare giant tortoise surfaces in the Galapagos Islands after a century

Friday, February 22nd 2019 - 10:01 UTC

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Conservationists in the Galapagos Islands have found a giant tortoise from a species thought to have become extinct more than a century ago. The adult female tortoise was found on the island of Fernandina in the west of the Pacific archipelago and is believed to be a Fernandina Giant Tortoise, also known as Chelonoidis phantasticus, a species last sighted in 1906. Read full article

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Idlehands
On such a vast land mass and such a fast moving species it's a wonder they found it at all!
Feb 22nd, 2019 - 10:09 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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The Voice
Think unmasked at last!
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