Boffins Identify New Species Of Giant Tortoise In Galapagos Islands
Boffins have identified a new species of giant tortoise in the Galapagos Islands. The species of giant tortoise that inhabits
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Worlds Oldest Tortoise, Jonathan, Celebrates 190th Birthday This Year
These snaps taken recently and in the late 1800s show Jonathan the giant tortoise, who turns 190 this year and
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Baffled Customs Officers Find Endangered Tortoise Skeleton In Its Shell Shipped From Switzerland As Home Decoration
German customs officers have seized a protected tortoise skeleton along with its shell that was shipped from Switzerland to Germany
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Tourist Shocked After Finding Two-Headed Tortoise Stumbling Around By A Famous Turkish Hot Spring
This is the moment two bizarre-looking conjoined tortoises very slowly crawl across a table whilst being observed by curious scientists.
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Woman Finds Long Lost Tortoise Under Bed Looking Like It Had Been Fossilised After It Disappeared In 2009
A Chinese woman has found the body of her long lost missing tortoise under her bed and hard as stone
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Man Spotted Walking Streets With Giant Tortoise On A Lead
A man has been spotted walking the streets of a Malaysian town with a giant tortoise on a lead. The
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Tortoise, 100, Chained Up By Trainee Witch Doctor
A 100-year-old tortoise has been rescued from a South African warehouse where it was found chained up and ready to
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Italian Woman Fined For Walking Tortoise in Rome
A woman in the Italian capital Rome who broke quarantine so she could take her pet tortoise for a walk
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Cops Baffled Over Thief With Tortoise Covered In Jewels
Cops on-call were surprised to find an alleged thief holding a tortoise covered in shiny jewels – and say they
Read moreChina Zoo Slammed For Sticking Pot On Tortoise For Coins
A Chinese zoo has been slammed for placing a basket with a national flag on the shell of a vulnerable
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