Thursday 28 February 2019

Critically-endangered Madagascan tortoises hatch at Chester Zoo

Critically-endangered Madagascan tortoises hatch at Chester Zoo

Two critically-endangered tortoises the size of golf balls have hatched at Chester Zoo. The infants, born to mum Smoothsides, 50, and dad Burt, who is 75, are the first of their kind to be bred at the zoo for seven years. The radiated tortoises are being cared for in a climate-controlled breeding facility. They will eventually grow up to half a metre long and could live to be 100.
Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/critically-endangered-madagascan-tortoises-hatch-at-chester-zoo-11648663?source=Snapzu

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