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An Endangered Tortoise Just Became a First-Time Mom. She's 100 Years Old.
Even more remarkably, Mommy is the oldest first-time parent of her species, according to a press release from the zoo. Mommy ...
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Zoo's oldest resident becomes 1st-time parent, welcomes 4 baby tortoises
A pair of nearly 100-year-old tortoises have welcomed four baby hatchlings at the Philadelphia ... the Philadelphia Zoo is home to one other adult Galapagos tortoise named Little Girl, as well as two ...
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100-Year-Old Critically Endangered Tortoise Becomes The Oldest First-Time Mom Of Her Species
A Galapagos tortoise at the Philadelphia Zoo has four new hatchlings. The first-time mother and her mate are both 100 years old!
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Galapagos tortoises at Philadelphia Zoo become first-time parents at nearly 100
The babies are the offspring of female Mommy and male Abrazzo, the zoo’s two oldest residents. The quartet is being kept ...
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'Tornado Tortoise' Reunites with Family Weeks After Disappearing During Destructive U.S. Storms
Upon their return, they found that two pine trees had fallen on top of the backyard home that belonged to their tortoise, Myrtle, with him nowhere in sight. According to The Guardian, citing state ...
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A beloved pet tortoise is reunited with its family weeks after disappearing in a Mississippi tornado
They returned to find two pine trees had fallen on top of their tortoise’s backyard home. Myrtle was missing. Weeks later, a neighbor found the injured tortoise. He was taken to the Central ...