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For the first time in over 150 years, the Philadelphia Zoo has new additions to the Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise ...
Four adorable western Santa Cruz Galápagos tortoise babies are now on display at Philadelphia Zoo after their 100-year-old ...
Four baby Galapagos tortoises made their public debut Wednesday at the Philadelphia Zoo. They are the offspring of the zoo’s ...
The first of the four hatchlings, all female, began to emerge from its white, hard-shelled egg on Feb. 27, the zoo said. The four hatchlings are part of a clutch of 16 eggs Mommy laid back in November ...
Proud parents Mommy and Abrazzo are both nearly 100 years old, but they’re contributing to Galápagos tortoise conservation at ...
Four critically-endangered Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise babies made their debut at the Philadelphia Zoo on Wednesday ...
Philadelphia Zoo in the US recently welcomed four newly hatched tortoises. The quadruplets, which are all females, made their ...
Holden of Philadelphia donated a then 40-pound Western Santa Cruz giant tortoise to the zoo on April 23 ... Mommy is ...
A pair of nearly 100-year-old tortoises have welcomed four baby hatchlings at ... is home to one other adult Galapagos tortoise named Little Girl, as well as two giant Aldabra tortoises named ...
The baby tortoises that have hatched were incubated as female. Galapagos tortoises can be found ... The Zoo is also home to two giant Aldabra tortoises, Wilma and Betty.
In addition to Mommy, Abrazo and their four hatchlings, the Philadelphia Zoo is home to one other adult Galapagos tortoise named Little Girl, as well as two giant Aldabra tortoises named Betty and ...