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https://www.europesays.com/ie/708800/ Pinzn: In 2012, Pinzón Island began eradicating invasive rats; nine years later, scientists found 156 wild-born young giant tortoises, though recovery still needed support | World News #Éire #GalápagosConservation #GiantTortoises #IE #Ireland #PinzónGiantTortoise #PinzónIsland #RatEradication #Science #Wildlife
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Pinzn: In 2012, Pinzón Island began eradicating invasive rats; nine years later, scientists found 156 wild-born young giant tortoises, though recovery still needed support | World News
Pinzón Island wiped out its invasive rats. Image credits: Wikimedia Commons In December 2021, a team of 24…
#NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #Galápagosconservation #gianttortoises #Pinzóngianttortoise #PinzónIsland #rateradication #Science #UK #UnitedKingdom
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In 1978, Richard Branson bought a bare 74-acre Caribbean island for $180,000; it now shelters more than 140 animal species, including breeding lemurs and giant tortoises | World News
An aerial view of Necker Island in the British Virgin Islands, a private island in the Caribbean. Credits…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Wildlife #animalconservation #Endangeredspecies #gianttortoises #NeckerIsland #richardbranson #Science
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In 1978, Richard Branson bought a bare 74-acre Caribbean island for $180,000; it now shelters more than 140 animal species, including breeding lemurs and giant tortoises | World News
An aerial view of Necker Island in the British Virgin Islands, a private island in the Caribbean. Credits…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Wildlife #animalconservation #Endangeredspecies #gianttortoises #NeckerIsland #richardbranson #Science
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In 1978, Richard Branson bought a bare 74-acre Caribbean island for $180,000; it now shelters more than 140 animal species, including breeding lemurs and giant tortoises | World News
An aerial view of Necker Island in the British Virgin Islands, a private island in the Caribbean. Credits…
#NewsBeep #News #Environment #animalconservation #AU #Australia #Endangeredspecies #gianttortoises #NeckerIsland #richardbranson #Science
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In 1978, Richard Branson bought a bare 74-acre Caribbean island for $180,000; it now shelters more than 140 animal species, including breeding lemurs and giant tortoises | World News
An aerial view of Necker Island in the British Virgin Islands, a private island in the Caribbean. Credits…
#NewsBeep #News #Environment #animalconservation #AU #Australia #Endangeredspecies #gianttortoises #NeckerIsland #richardbranson #Science
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In 1978, Richard Branson bought a bare 74-acre Caribbean island for $180,000; it now shelters more than 140 animal species, including breeding lemurs and giant tortoises | World News
An aerial view of Necker Island in the British Virgin Islands, a private island in the Caribbean. Credits…
#NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #animalconservation #Endangeredspecies #gianttortoises #NeckerIsland #RichardBranson #Science #UK #UnitedKingdom
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/663595/ In 1978, Richard Branson bought a bare 74-acre Caribbean island for $180,000; it now shelters more than 140 animal species, including breeding lemurs and giant tortoises | World News #AnimalConservation #Éire #EndangeredSpecies #Environment #GiantTortoises #IE #Ireland #NeckerIsland #RichardBranson #Science
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The Guardian: World’s oldest tortoise caught in viral crypto death scam. To the tune of Master Ninja Theme Song: VIRAL CRYPTO DEATH SCAM “At 194 years old, Jonathan the giant tortoise was a youngster when Queen Victoria ascended to the throne – and has now lived long enough to fall victim to a crypto scam. News outlets including the BBC, Daily Mail and USA Today falsely reported his death […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/03/the-guardian-worlds-oldest-tortoise-caught-in-viral-crypto-death-scam/ -
The Guardian: World’s oldest tortoise caught in viral crypto death scam. To the tune of Master Ninja Theme Song: VIRAL CRYPTO DEATH SCAM “At 194 years old, Jonathan the giant tortoise was a youngster when Queen Victoria ascended to the throne – and has now lived long enough to fall victim to a crypto scam. News outlets including the BBC, Daily Mail and USA Today falsely reported his death […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/03/the-guardian-worlds-oldest-tortoise-caught-in-viral-crypto-death-scam/ -
The Guardian: World’s oldest tortoise caught in viral crypto death scam. To the tune of Master Ninja Theme Song: VIRAL CRYPTO DEATH SCAM “At 194 years old, Jonathan the giant tortoise was a youngster when Queen Victoria ascended to the throne – and has now lived long enough to fall victim to a crypto scam. News outlets including the BBC, Daily Mail and USA Today falsely reported his death […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/03/the-guardian-worlds-oldest-tortoise-caught-in-viral-crypto-death-scam/ -
The Guardian: World’s oldest tortoise caught in viral crypto death scam. To the tune of Master Ninja Theme Song: VIRAL CRYPTO DEATH SCAM “At 194 years old, Jonathan the giant tortoise was a youngster when Queen Victoria ascended to the throne – and has now lived long enough to fall victim to a crypto scam. News outlets including the BBC, Daily Mail and USA Today falsely reported his death […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/03/the-guardian-worlds-oldest-tortoise-caught-in-viral-crypto-death-scam/ -
The Guardian: World’s oldest tortoise caught in viral crypto death scam. To the tune of Master Ninja Theme Song: VIRAL CRYPTO DEATH SCAM “At 194 years old, Jonathan the giant tortoise was a youngster when Queen Victoria ascended to the throne – and has now lived long enough to fall victim to a crypto scam. News outlets including the BBC, Daily Mail and USA Today falsely reported his death […]
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https://www.europesays.com/africa/166410/ Giant tortoises return to Galápagos island after 150 years — Upworthy #conservation #galapagos #GiantTortoises #Tanzania
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Giant tortoises return to Galápagos island after 150 years. Scientists say it changes everything.
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Giant tortoises return to Galápagos island after 150 years. Scientists say it changes everything.
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Giant tortoises return to Galápagos island after 150 years. Scientists say it changes everything.
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Giant tortoises return to Galápagos island after 150 years. Scientists say it changes everything.
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BBC: Giant tortoises return to Galápagos island after nearly 200 years. “Giant tortoises are roaming the Galápagos island of Floreana for the first time in more than 180 years, in what conservationists have called a ‘hugely significant milestone’. The release of 158 captive-bred juvenile tortoises onto the island is part of the Floreana Ecological Restoration Project led by the Galápagos […]
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BBC: Giant tortoises return to Galápagos island after nearly 200 years. “Giant tortoises are roaming the Galápagos island of Floreana for the first time in more than 180 years, in what conservationists have called a ‘hugely significant milestone’. The release of 158 captive-bred juvenile tortoises onto the island is part of the Floreana Ecological Restoration Project led by the Galápagos […]
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BBC: Giant tortoises return to Galápagos island after nearly 200 years. “Giant tortoises are roaming the Galápagos island of Floreana for the first time in more than 180 years, in what conservationists have called a ‘hugely significant milestone’. The release of 158 captive-bred juvenile tortoises onto the island is part of the Floreana Ecological Restoration Project led by the Galápagos […]
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BBC: Giant tortoises return to Galápagos island after nearly 200 years. “Giant tortoises are roaming the Galápagos island of Floreana for the first time in more than 180 years, in what conservationists have called a ‘hugely significant milestone’. The release of 158 captive-bred juvenile tortoises onto the island is part of the Floreana Ecological Restoration Project led by the Galápagos […]
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BBC: Giant tortoises return to Galápagos island after nearly 200 years. “Giant tortoises are roaming the Galápagos island of Floreana for the first time in more than 180 years, in what conservationists have called a ‘hugely significant milestone’. The release of 158 captive-bred juvenile tortoises onto the island is part of the Floreana Ecological Restoration Project led by the Galápagos […]
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Tortoises return to Galapagos island after 150-year absence
Giant tortoises have returned to the Galapagos island of Floreana for the first time nearly 150 years after…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Wildlife #ambitiousproject #FloreanaIsland #Galapagos #GalápagosNationalPark #gianttortoises #invasivespecies #Science
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Tortoises return to Galapagos island after 150-year absence
Giant tortoises have returned to the Galapagos island of Floreana for the first time nearly 150 years after…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Wildlife #ambitiousproject #FloreanaIsland #Galapagos #GalápagosNationalPark #gianttortoises #invasivespecies #Science
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More than 1,500 giant tortoises are back home in the Galápagos — and they're busy being the ultimate ecosystem engineers!
By simply walking, eating, and doing tortoise things, these gentle giants are tearing down invasive shrubs, spreading seeds up to 5km away, and restarting ecological processes that were broken for 150 years.
No heavy machinery, just slow, steady, solar-powered rewilding magic. The islands are coming back to life, one chomp at a time.
Conservation success stories like this give me so much hope#galapagos #rewilding #GiantTortoises #Conservation #ClimateHope
https://thaihut.org/14-172521-more-than-1500-giant-tortoises-galapagos-l/
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More than 1,500 giant tortoises are back home in the Galápagos — and they're busy being the ultimate ecosystem engineers!
By simply walking, eating, and doing tortoise things, these gentle giants are tearing down invasive shrubs, spreading seeds up to 5km away, and restarting ecological processes that were broken for 150 years.
No heavy machinery, just slow, steady, solar-powered rewilding magic. The islands are coming back to life, one chomp at a time.
Conservation success stories like this give me so much hope#galapagos #rewilding #GiantTortoises #Conservation #ClimateHope
https://thaihut.org/14-172521-more-than-1500-giant-tortoises-galapagos-l/
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More than 1,500 giant tortoises are back home in the Galápagos — and they're busy being the ultimate ecosystem engineers!
By simply walking, eating, and doing tortoise things, these gentle giants are tearing down invasive shrubs, spreading seeds up to 5km away, and restarting ecological processes that were broken for 150 years.
No heavy machinery, just slow, steady, solar-powered rewilding magic. The islands are coming back to life, one chomp at a time.
Conservation success stories like this give me so much hope#galapagos #rewilding #GiantTortoises #Conservation #ClimateHope
https://thaihut.org/14-172521-more-than-1500-giant-tortoises-galapagos-l/
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More than 1,500 giant tortoises are back home in the Galápagos — and they're busy being the ultimate ecosystem engineers!
By simply walking, eating, and doing tortoise things, these gentle giants are tearing down invasive shrubs, spreading seeds up to 5km away, and restarting ecological processes that were broken for 150 years.
No heavy machinery, just slow, steady, solar-powered rewilding magic. The islands are coming back to life, one chomp at a time.
Conservation success stories like this give me so much hope#galapagos #rewilding #GiantTortoises #Conservation #ClimateHope
https://thaihut.org/14-172521-more-than-1500-giant-tortoises-galapagos-l/
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More than 1,500 giant tortoises are back home in the Galápagos — and they're busy being the ultimate ecosystem engineers!
By simply walking, eating, and doing tortoise things, these gentle giants are tearing down invasive shrubs, spreading seeds up to 5km away, and restarting ecological processes that were broken for 150 years.
No heavy machinery, just slow, steady, solar-powered rewilding magic. The islands are coming back to life, one chomp at a time.
Conservation success stories like this give me so much hope#galapagos #rewilding #GiantTortoises #Conservation #ClimateHope
https://thaihut.org/14-172521-more-than-1500-giant-tortoises-galapagos-l/
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Hundreds of #GiantTortoises return to #Galápagos Islands decades after near-#extinction of species
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-22/hundreds-of-giant-tortoises-return-to-gal%C3%A1pagos-islands/104126354"Rangers repatriated about 560 #animals over the course of 2023. The animals were part of a program in which wild eggs are collected, hatched and the young #tortoises are raised in safety before being returned to their home islands as adolescents... Giant tortoises eat more than 225 kilograms of vegetation each year, and are architects of a healthy ecosystem."
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Hundreds of #GiantTortoises return to #Galápagos Islands decades after near-#extinction of species
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-22/hundreds-of-giant-tortoises-return-to-gal%C3%A1pagos-islands/104126354"Rangers repatriated about 560 #animals over the course of 2023. The animals were part of a program in which wild eggs are collected, hatched and the young #tortoises are raised in safety before being returned to their home islands as adolescents... Giant tortoises eat more than 225 kilograms of vegetation each year, and are architects of a healthy ecosystem."
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Hundreds of #GiantTortoises return to #Galápagos Islands decades after near-#extinction of species
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-22/hundreds-of-giant-tortoises-return-to-gal%C3%A1pagos-islands/104126354"Rangers repatriated about 560 #animals over the course of 2023. The animals were part of a program in which wild eggs are collected, hatched and the young #tortoises are raised in safety before being returned to their home islands as adolescents... Giant tortoises eat more than 225 kilograms of vegetation each year, and are architects of a healthy ecosystem."
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Hundreds of #GiantTortoises return to #Galápagos Islands decades after near-#extinction of species
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-22/hundreds-of-giant-tortoises-return-to-gal%C3%A1pagos-islands/104126354"Rangers repatriated about 560 #animals over the course of 2023. The animals were part of a program in which wild eggs are collected, hatched and the young #tortoises are raised in safety before being returned to their home islands as adolescents... Giant tortoises eat more than 225 kilograms of vegetation each year, and are architects of a healthy ecosystem."
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Hundreds of #GiantTortoises return to #Galápagos Islands decades after near-#extinction of species
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-22/hundreds-of-giant-tortoises-return-to-gal%C3%A1pagos-islands/104126354"Rangers repatriated about 560 #animals over the course of 2023. The animals were part of a program in which wild eggs are collected, hatched and the young #tortoises are raised in safety before being returned to their home islands as adolescents... Giant tortoises eat more than 225 kilograms of vegetation each year, and are architects of a healthy ecosystem."
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Madagascar: #GiantTortoises have returned 600 years after they were wiped out https://theconversation.com/madagascar-giant-tortoises-have-returned-600-years-after-they-were-wiped-out-221615
"A six-year-old project to return giant #tortoises to the wild in #Madagascar could result in thousands of the 350kg #megaherbivores re-populating the island for the first time in 600 years. The first group of Aldabra giant tortoises (Aldabrachelys gigantea) were brought in from the #Seychelles in 2018, and have been reproducing on their own since."
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Madagascar: #GiantTortoises have returned 600 years after they were wiped out https://theconversation.com/madagascar-giant-tortoises-have-returned-600-years-after-they-were-wiped-out-221615
"A six-year-old project to return giant #tortoises to the wild in #Madagascar could result in thousands of the 350kg #megaherbivores re-populating the island for the first time in 600 years. The first group of Aldabra giant tortoises (Aldabrachelys gigantea) were brought in from the #Seychelles in 2018, and have been reproducing on their own since."
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Madagascar: #GiantTortoises have returned 600 years after they were wiped out https://theconversation.com/madagascar-giant-tortoises-have-returned-600-years-after-they-were-wiped-out-221615
"A six-year-old project to return giant #tortoises to the wild in #Madagascar could result in thousands of the 350kg #megaherbivores re-populating the island for the first time in 600 years. The first group of Aldabra giant tortoises (Aldabrachelys gigantea) were brought in from the #Seychelles in 2018, and have been reproducing on their own since."
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Madagascar: #GiantTortoises have returned 600 years after they were wiped out https://theconversation.com/madagascar-giant-tortoises-have-returned-600-years-after-they-were-wiped-out-221615
"A six-year-old project to return giant #tortoises to the wild in #Madagascar could result in thousands of the 350kg #megaherbivores re-populating the island for the first time in 600 years. The first group of Aldabra giant tortoises (Aldabrachelys gigantea) were brought in from the #Seychelles in 2018, and have been reproducing on their own since."
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Madagascar: #GiantTortoises have returned 600 years after they were wiped out https://theconversation.com/madagascar-giant-tortoises-have-returned-600-years-after-they-were-wiped-out-221615
"A six-year-old project to return giant #tortoises to the wild in #Madagascar could result in thousands of the 350kg #megaherbivores re-populating the island for the first time in 600 years. The first group of Aldabra giant tortoises (Aldabrachelys gigantea) were brought in from the #Seychelles in 2018, and have been reproducing on their own since."
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Madagascar: #GiantTortoises have returned 600 years after they were wiped out https://theconversation.com/madagascar-giant-tortoises-have-returned-600-years-after-they-were-wiped-out-221615 @ConversationUS
"A six-year-old project to return giant #tortoises to the wild in #Madagascar could result in thousands of the 350kg megaherbivores re-populating the island for the first time in 600 years. The first group of #AldabraGiantTortoises (Aldabrachelys gigantea) were brought in from the #Seychelles in 2018, and have been reproducing on their own since."
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Madagascar: #GiantTortoises have returned 600 years after they were wiped out https://theconversation.com/madagascar-giant-tortoises-have-returned-600-years-after-they-were-wiped-out-221615 @ConversationUS
"A six-year-old project to return giant #tortoises to the wild in #Madagascar could result in thousands of the 350kg megaherbivores re-populating the island for the first time in 600 years. The first group of #AldabraGiantTortoises (Aldabrachelys gigantea) were brought in from the #Seychelles in 2018, and have been reproducing on their own since."
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Madagascar: #GiantTortoises have returned 600 years after they were wiped out https://theconversation.com/madagascar-giant-tortoises-have-returned-600-years-after-they-were-wiped-out-221615 @ConversationUS
"A six-year-old project to return giant #tortoises to the wild in #Madagascar could result in thousands of the 350kg megaherbivores re-populating the island for the first time in 600 years. The first group of #AldabraGiantTortoises (Aldabrachelys gigantea) were brought in from the #Seychelles in 2018, and have been reproducing on their own since."
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Madagascar: #GiantTortoises have returned 600 years after they were wiped out https://theconversation.com/madagascar-giant-tortoises-have-returned-600-years-after-they-were-wiped-out-221615 @ConversationUS
"A six-year-old project to return giant #tortoises to the wild in #Madagascar could result in thousands of the 350kg megaherbivores re-populating the island for the first time in 600 years. The first group of #AldabraGiantTortoises (Aldabrachelys gigantea) were brought in from the #Seychelles in 2018, and have been reproducing on their own since."
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Madagascar: #GiantTortoises have returned 600 years after they were wiped out https://theconversation.com/madagascar-giant-tortoises-have-returned-600-years-after-they-were-wiped-out-221615 @ConversationUS
"A six-year-old project to return giant #tortoises to the wild in #Madagascar could result in thousands of the 350kg megaherbivores re-populating the island for the first time in 600 years. The first group of #AldabraGiantTortoises (Aldabrachelys gigantea) were brought in from the #Seychelles in 2018, and have been reproducing on their own since."
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Ancient DNA elucidates the lost world of western #IndianOcean giant #tortoises and reveals a new extinct species from #Madagascar https://www.sci.news/genetics/astrochelys-rogerbouri-11569.html paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abq2574
Before human arrival, the ecosystems of the oceanic #islands in the western Indian Ocean were dominated by #GiantTortoises as equivalents of continental #megafauna, both in total mass and numbers.
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Ancient DNA elucidates the lost world of western #IndianOcean giant #tortoises and reveals a new extinct species from #Madagascar https://www.sci.news/genetics/astrochelys-rogerbouri-11569.html paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abq2574
Before human arrival, the ecosystems of the oceanic #islands in the western Indian Ocean were dominated by #GiantTortoises as equivalents of continental #megafauna, both in total mass and numbers.
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Ancient DNA elucidates the lost world of western #IndianOcean giant #tortoises and reveals a new extinct species from #Madagascar https://www.sci.news/genetics/astrochelys-rogerbouri-11569.html paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abq2574
Before human arrival, the ecosystems of the oceanic #islands in the western Indian Ocean were dominated by #GiantTortoises as equivalents of continental #megafauna, both in total mass and numbers.
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Ancient DNA elucidates the lost world of western #IndianOcean giant #tortoises and reveals a new extinct species from #Madagascar https://www.sci.news/genetics/astrochelys-rogerbouri-11569.html paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abq2574
Before human arrival, the ecosystems of the oceanic #islands in the western Indian Ocean were dominated by #GiantTortoises as equivalents of continental #megafauna, both in total mass and numbers.
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Ancient DNA elucidates the lost world of western #IndianOcean giant #tortoises and reveals a new extinct species from #Madagascar https://www.sci.news/genetics/astrochelys-rogerbouri-11569.html paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abq2574
Before human arrival, the ecosystems of the oceanic #islands in the western Indian Ocean were dominated by #GiantTortoises as equivalents of continental #megafauna, both in total mass and numbers.
