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Four Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises, born in February, made their debut in the Philadelphia Zoo's Reptile and Amphibian House on Wednesday, April 23. The babies were born to two of the zoo ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. One of four Galapagos tortoises hatchlings make ...

Mommy, a nearly 100-year-old Galapagos tortoises, and parent of four hatchlings is seen in her enclosure at the Philadelphia Zoo in Philadelphia, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. Matt Rourke/AP ...

Ashley Ortega, the Galapagos tortoise SSP coordinator and studbook keeper, told the publication that "there were only 44 individual Western Santa Cruz Giant tortoises in all U.S. zoos combined." ...

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