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'Seemingly impossible': Endangered tortoise becomes first-time mom at about 100 years old
A roughly 100-year-old western Santa Cruz Galápagos tortoise has become a mom for the first time after reproducing with a male of the same age at Philadelphia Zoo.
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Watch: 170 giant tortoises released on Galapagos Island
At least 170 captive-bred giant tortoises were released into a Galapagos island in Ecuador last month, according to the ...
Meet the female who just welcomed her first kids at nearly 100 years old
Mommy now has four babies and is the oldest first-time mother of her species. The eggs started hatching on Feb 27 and will be ...
Scores of giant tortoises released to boost Galapagos species
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Philadelphia Zoo welcomes four critically endangered Galapagos tortoises with more hatchlings possibly on the way
The Philadelphia Zoo is celebrating the birth of four critically endangered Galapagos tortoises, the first hatchlings born in ...
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Philadelphia Zoo’s Galápagos tortoise becomes the world's oldest first-time mother
The Philadelphia Zoo, America’s first zoo, is celebrating a historic first—a rare giant tortoise, nearly 100 years old, now ...
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Pennsylvania 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 ...
Couple new parents to 4 babies at nearly 100 years old? It happened in Philadelphia
OK, so the parents are endangered Galapagos tortoises. The Philadelphia Zoo shared the happy news about its oldest and most ...
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 ...