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A Galapagos tortoise has become a first-time mother at 100 years old. Keepers at Philadelphia Zoo announced the birth of four Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise hatchlings - the first ever born ...
Zoo Miami’s 135-year-old tortoise celebrates first Father’s Day as a new dad 00:35. Zoo Miami's oldest animal, a 517-pound Galapagos tortoise named Goliath, is celebrating an extraordinary ...
Congratulations are in order for Mommy, a Galápagos tortoise and a longtime resident of the Philadelphia Zoo, who recently became a first-time mother at the estimated age of 100.
Nearly 100-year-old tortoise becomes 1st-time mom to 4 baby hatchlings. Mommy, the Philadelphia Zoo's oldest resident, is living up to her name.
For the first time in over 150 years, the Philadelphia Zoo has new additions to the Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise family. The zoo announced the hatching of four critically endangered ...
At 97 years old, Mommy is the Philadelphia Zoo’s oldest resident. But despite her name, the critically endangered Galápagos tortoise has only just become a mother—and set a world record in ...
A Galapagos tortoise has become a first-time mother at 100 years old. Keepers at Philadelphia Zoo announced the birth of four Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise hatchlings - the first ever born ...
Galapagos tortoises come from the Galapagos Islands off the coast of Ecuador. As the largest living species of tortoise, males can grow to be 500 pounds, while females average around 250 pounds.
Keepers at Philadelphia Zoo announced the birth of four Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise hatchlings - the first ever born at the facility. The mother, known as Mommy, has lived at the zoo ...
Galapagos tortoises come from the Galapagos Islands off the coast of Ecuador. As the largest living species of tortoise, males can grow to be 500 pounds, while females average around 250 pounds.