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Galapagos tortoises at Philadelphia Zoo become first-time parents at nearly 100
A pair of critically endangered, nearly 100-year-old Galapagos tortoises at the Philadelphia Zoo have become first-time ...
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Four critically endangered tortoises hatch to 100-year-old parents at Philadelphia Zoo
There are a couple of 100-year-olds in Philadelphia who just became first-time parents. They are actually critically endangered Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises at the Philadelphia Zoo. They ...
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Critically endangered tortoise becomes oldest first-time mom in world. See babies
One nearly century-old tortoise has been a fixture of the Philadelphia Zoo since 1932 — and now she’s living up to her name. Mommy, the estimated 97-year-old Western Santa Cruz Galapagos ...
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Zoo mourns death of Othello, a giant tortoise that was ‘well over 100 years old’
ST. LOUIS (Gray News) – The Saint Louis Zoo is mourning the death of one of its oldest residents – an Aldabra giant tortoise that was well over 100 years old. The zoo said the tortoise named ...
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Galapagos tortoises at Philadelphia Zoo become first-time parents at nearly 100
A pair of critically endangered, nearly 100-year-old Galapagos tortoises at the Philadelphia Zoo have become first-time parents. In an announcement Friday, the zoo said it is “overjoyed” at ...