#tortoises — Public Fediverse posts
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I’ve been informed my blog post introducing our Greek Spur-Thighed tortoise, Bean and her new outdoor enclosure is interesting, so here you go. 🐢
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I’ve been informed my blog post introducing our Greek Spur-Thighed tortoise, Bean and her new outdoor enclosure is interesting, so here you go. 🐢
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I’ve been informed my blog post introducing our Greek Spur-Thighed tortoise, Bean and her new outdoor enclosure is interesting, so here you go. 🐢
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I’ve been informed my blog post introducing our Greek Spur-Thighed tortoise, Bean and her new outdoor enclosure is interesting, so here you go. 🐢
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Ah, yes, another deep dive into the revolutionary #discovery of #tortoises, because clearly, we're all dying to relive Darwin's 19th-century vacation slideshow. 🐢🌴😴 Spoiler alert: Tortoises still move slowly, and #evolution continues to be a thing. Riveting stuff, folks!
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/08/writers-way-galapagos-charles-darwin-travel/687480/ #Darwin #deepdive #nature #HackerNews #ngated -
Ah, yes, another deep dive into the revolutionary #discovery of #tortoises, because clearly, we're all dying to relive Darwin's 19th-century vacation slideshow. 🐢🌴😴 Spoiler alert: Tortoises still move slowly, and #evolution continues to be a thing. Riveting stuff, folks!
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/08/writers-way-galapagos-charles-darwin-travel/687480/ #Darwin #deepdive #nature #HackerNews #ngated -
Ah, yes, another deep dive into the revolutionary #discovery of #tortoises, because clearly, we're all dying to relive Darwin's 19th-century vacation slideshow. 🐢🌴😴 Spoiler alert: Tortoises still move slowly, and #evolution continues to be a thing. Riveting stuff, folks!
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/08/writers-way-galapagos-charles-darwin-travel/687480/ #Darwin #deepdive #nature #HackerNews #ngated -
Ah, yes, another deep dive into the revolutionary #discovery of #tortoises, because clearly, we're all dying to relive Darwin's 19th-century vacation slideshow. 🐢🌴😴 Spoiler alert: Tortoises still move slowly, and #evolution continues to be a thing. Riveting stuff, folks!
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/08/writers-way-galapagos-charles-darwin-travel/687480/ #Darwin #deepdive #nature #HackerNews #ngated -
Ah, yes, another deep dive into the revolutionary #discovery of #tortoises, because clearly, we're all dying to relive Darwin's 19th-century vacation slideshow. 🐢🌴😴 Spoiler alert: Tortoises still move slowly, and #evolution continues to be a thing. Riveting stuff, folks!
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/08/writers-way-galapagos-charles-darwin-travel/687480/ #Darwin #deepdive #nature #HackerNews #ngated -
💁🏻♀️ TIL: Argentine black and white #tegus – omnivorous #lizards that grow to 120 cm and weigh over 4 kg – are spreading across southeastern #Georgia after exotic pet owners likely released them illegally. 🦎
Each female can produce 35 #eggs per year, and with few #predators, the population threatens native species like gopher #tortoises. 🐢
👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/georgia-invasive-lizard/
#invasivespecies #ecology #wildlife #biology #conservation #nature #reptiles #argentina #science #environment
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💁🏻♀️ TIL: Argentine black and white #tegus – omnivorous #lizards that grow to 120 cm and weigh over 4 kg – are spreading across southeastern #Georgia after exotic pet owners likely released them illegally. 🦎
Each female can produce 35 #eggs per year, and with few #predators, the population threatens native species like gopher #tortoises. 🐢
👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/georgia-invasive-lizard/
#invasivespecies #ecology #wildlife #biology #conservation #nature #reptiles #argentina #science #environment
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💁🏻♀️ TIL: Argentine black and white #tegus – omnivorous #lizards that grow to 120 cm and weigh over 4 kg – are spreading across southeastern #Georgia after exotic pet owners likely released them illegally. 🦎
Each female can produce 35 #eggs per year, and with few #predators, the population threatens native species like gopher #tortoises. 🐢
👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/georgia-invasive-lizard/
#invasivespecies #ecology #wildlife #biology #conservation #nature #reptiles #argentina #science #environment
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💁🏻♀️ TIL: Argentine black and white #tegus – omnivorous #lizards that grow to 120 cm and weigh over 4 kg – are spreading across southeastern #Georgia after exotic pet owners likely released them illegally. 🦎
Each female can produce 35 #eggs per year, and with few #predators, the population threatens native species like gopher #tortoises. 🐢
👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/georgia-invasive-lizard/
#invasivespecies #ecology #wildlife #biology #conservation #nature #reptiles #argentina #science #environment
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💁🏻♀️ TIL: Argentine black and white #tegus – omnivorous #lizards that grow to 120 cm and weigh over 4 kg – are spreading across southeastern #Georgia after exotic pet owners likely released them illegally. 🦎
Each female can produce 35 #eggs per year, and with few #predators, the population threatens native species like gopher #tortoises. 🐢
👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/georgia-invasive-lizard/
#invasivespecies #ecology #wildlife #biology #conservation #nature #reptiles #argentina #science #environment
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https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260430-teen-with-30-tortoises-under-clothes-nabbed-at-thai-airport. Here's another very naughty #teenager - 19 years old, this time. I don't think she'll get away with a slap on the wrist. Smuggling #wildlife - like these protected #tortoises - is a major #problem, which needs to be tackled.
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https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260430-teen-with-30-tortoises-under-clothes-nabbed-at-thai-airport. Here's another very naughty #teenager - 19 years old, this time. I don't think she'll get away with a slap on the wrist. Smuggling #wildlife - like these protected #tortoises - is a major #problem, which needs to be tackled.
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https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260430-teen-with-30-tortoises-under-clothes-nabbed-at-thai-airport. Here's another very naughty #teenager - 19 years old, this time. I don't think she'll get away with a slap on the wrist. Smuggling #wildlife - like these protected #tortoises - is a major #problem, which needs to be tackled.
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https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260430-teen-with-30-tortoises-under-clothes-nabbed-at-thai-airport. Here's another very naughty #teenager - 19 years old, this time. I don't think she'll get away with a slap on the wrist. Smuggling #wildlife - like these protected #tortoises - is a major #problem, which needs to be tackled.
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https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260430-teen-with-30-tortoises-under-clothes-nabbed-at-thai-airport. Here's another very naughty #teenager - 19 years old, this time. I don't think she'll get away with a slap on the wrist. Smuggling #wildlife - like these protected #tortoises - is a major #problem, which needs to be tackled.
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Taking it slow….
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Taking it slow….
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Taking it slow….
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Taking it slow….
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Taking it slow….
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#Turtles and #tortoises share the same #etymological root: Ancient #Greek ταρταροῦχος (tartaroûkhos), “holder of Tartaros (or Tartarus)”. Ancient beliefs held that they originated from the underworld, thought to be the resting place of the dead, referred to as Τάρταρος (Tártaros), meaning “the land of the dead, #hell.”
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#Turtles and #tortoises share the same #etymological root: Ancient #Greek ταρταροῦχος (tartaroûkhos), “holder of Tartaros (or Tartarus)”. Ancient beliefs held that they originated from the underworld, thought to be the resting place of the dead, referred to as Τάρταρος (Tártaros), meaning “the land of the dead, #hell.”
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#Turtles and #tortoises share the same #etymological root: Ancient #Greek ταρταροῦχος (tartaroûkhos), “holder of Tartaros (or Tartarus)”. Ancient beliefs held that they originated from the underworld, thought to be the resting place of the dead, referred to as Τάρταρος (Tártaros), meaning “the land of the dead, #hell.”
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#Turtles and #tortoises share the same #etymological root: Ancient #Greek ταρταροῦχος (tartaroûkhos), “holder of Tartaros (or Tartarus)”. Ancient beliefs held that they originated from the underworld, thought to be the resting place of the dead, referred to as Τάρταρος (Tártaros), meaning “the land of the dead, #hell.”
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#Turtles and #tortoises share the same #etymological root: Ancient #Greek ταρταροῦχος (tartaroûkhos), “holder of Tartaros (or Tartarus)”. Ancient beliefs held that they originated from the underworld, thought to be the resting place of the dead, referred to as Τάρταρος (Tártaros), meaning “the land of the dead, #hell.”
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Dinosaur incoming.
#photography #wildlife #tortoises #Athens #Greece #Fujifilm #FujifilmXT2 #Fujinon #XF56mmMK1
(photo: @kernpanik | license: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) -
Dinosaur incoming.
#photography #wildlife #tortoises #Athens #Greece #Fujifilm #FujifilmXT2 #Fujinon #XF56mmMK1
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Dinosaur incoming.
#photography #wildlife #tortoises #Athens #Greece #Fujifilm #FujifilmXT2 #Fujinon #XF56mmMK1
(photo: @kernpanik | license: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) -
Dinosaur incoming.
#photography #wildlife #tortoises #Athens #Greece #Fujifilm #FujifilmXT2 #Fujinon #XF56mmMK1
(photo: @kernpanik | license: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) -
Dinosaur incoming.
#photography #wildlife #tortoises #Athens #Greece #Fujifilm #FujifilmXT2 #Fujinon #XF56mmMK1
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The #GalápagosNationalPark Directorate, in collaboration with the organization #GalápagosConservancy, released the 86 #hatchlings, aged between 5 & 6 years, of the #Chelonoidis #hoodensis #species that is #endemic to #EspañolaIsland in the #Galápagos .
The #animals come from the #CaptiveBreeding center of #SantaCruzIsland - located in the center of the #archipelagohttps://www.laprensalatina.com/86-captive-bred-galapagos-tortoises-released-into-native-habitat/amp/
#GoodNews #nature #wildlife #tortoises #SeaCreatures #MarineBiology #ecology #biodiversity #ProtectTheWild
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What 70 Celebrity Tortoises Can Teach Us About Conservation Stories
https://therevelator.org/celebrity-tortoises/"Last November #conservationists carefully carried 70 young, critically #endangered #Mojave #DesertTortoises to the #reptiles’ natural habitat on Edwards Air Force Base... six months later, this past April, news of their fate came out: The #tortoises had emerged from their burrows healthier and stronger than ever, a notable milestone in the ongoing #tortoise #conservation story."
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What 70 Celebrity Tortoises Can Teach Us About Conservation Stories
https://therevelator.org/celebrity-tortoises/"Last November #conservationists carefully carried 70 young, critically #endangered #Mojave #DesertTortoises to the #reptiles’ natural habitat on Edwards Air Force Base... six months later, this past April, news of their fate came out: The #tortoises had emerged from their burrows healthier and stronger than ever, a notable milestone in the ongoing #tortoise #conservation story."
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Spring is in the air in the #Mojave! I happened to capture this image of a mating pair of Mojave desert #tortoises (#Gopherus #agassizii) last weekend during a #drone survey - a first! That's an active burrow to the left.
#drones #aiforwildlife #aiforconservation #computervision #deserttortoises
