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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Science
Julia Musto

Critically endangered tortoises hatched for the first time in zoo’s 150-year history

Four critically endangered Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises have hatched for the first time in the Philadelphia Zoo’s 150-year history.

The hatchlings were born to the approximately 100-year-old Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise known as “Mommy,” who is now the oldest first-time mom of her species and the zoo’s oldest resident.

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