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Galápagos Park Releases 158 Juvenile Hybrid Tortoises

🌳 This is part of restoring the ecosystem on Floreana after 150 years without the "giants".

📈 Breeding program has long-term plans for populations with strong lineages.

https://apnews.com/article/ecuador-galapagos-giant-turtles-released-0b024b4742b6b47c5ae7b60ac5b097cd

#SolarPunkSunday #WildlifeConservation #Conservation #GiantTortoise #Galapagos #GalapagosTortoise #Environment #Biodiversity #EnvironmentalConservation

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Galápagos Park Releases 158 Juvenile Hybrid Tortoises

🌳 This is part of restoring the ecosystem on Floreana after 150 years without the "giants".

📈 Breeding program has long-term plans for populations with strong lineages.

https://apnews.com/article/ecuador-galapagos-giant-turtles-released-0b024b4742b6b47c5ae7b60ac5b097cd

#SolarPunkSunday #WildlifeConservation #Conservation #GiantTortoise #Galapagos #GalapagosTortoise #Environment #Biodiversity #EnvironmentalConservation

Some nice news.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/20/floreana-giant-tortoise-reintroduced-to-galapagos-island-after-almost-200-years
#tortoise #gianttortoise #rewilding #nature

"Our dream is to expand the Aldabra giants’ habitats beyond the Anjajavy Reserve, so that this #tortoise can help regenerate forest and woodland across as much of #Madagascar as possible."

#gianttortoise #rewilding #tortoises #herbivores #conservation #ecology

https://www.rewildingmag.com/giant-tortoises-return-to-madagascar/

"Our dream is to expand the Aldabra giants’ habitats beyond the Anjajavy Reserve, so that this #tortoise can help regenerate forest and woodland across as much of #Madagascar as possible."

#gianttortoise #rewilding #tortoises #herbivores #conservation #ecology

https://www.rewildingmag.com/giant-tortoises-return-to-madagascar/

@TetZoo has another great article on Megalochelys up on his blog.

https://tetzoo.com/blog/2024/1/31/megalochelys-truly-a-giant-tortoise

#turtle
#tortoise
#giantTortoise
#fossils

@TetZoo has another great article on Megalochelys up on his blog.

https://tetzoo.com/blog/2024/1/31/megalochelys-truly-a-giant-tortoise

#turtle
#tortoise
#giantTortoise
#fossils

🐢TORTOISAURUS!
Meet a very important #fossil discovery:
Titanochelon schleichi • A #NewSpecies of A Giant #Tortoise from the Middle Miocene, South Germany 2023 #GiantTortoise #Paleontology
Link:https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.25280

🐢TORTOISAURUS!
Meet a very important #fossil discovery:
Titanochelon schleichi • A #NewSpecies of A Giant #Tortoise from the Middle Miocene, South Germany 2023 #GiantTortoise #Paleontology
Link:https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.25280

Jonathan the 🌍's oldest 🐢 is 190 yo🎈

“He's lived through 2 🌍wars, 8 British 👑s, 40 US presidents. His lifetime has seen
1st 📞 call -1876
1st skyscraper -1885
1st power-driven flight -1903
1st people to walk on the 🌙 -1969

Alive when 1st photo of a person was taken -1838, now he poses for selfies with adoring tourists, born before the creation of the postage stamp -1840 & now appears on them.”

#Wildlife
#GiantTortoise

https://www.npr.org/2022/12/07/1141180557/jonathan-tortoise-birthday-190

Jonathan the 🌍's oldest 🐢 is 190 yo🎈

“He's lived through 2 🌍wars, 8 British 👑s, 40 US presidents. His lifetime has seen
1st 📞 call -1876
1st skyscraper -1885
1st power-driven flight -1903
1st people to walk on the 🌙 -1969

Alive when 1st photo of a person was taken -1838, now he poses for selfies with adoring tourists, born before the creation of the postage stamp -1840 & now appears on them.”

#Wildlife
#GiantTortoise

https://www.npr.org/2022/12/07/1141180557/jonathan-tortoise-birthday-190