Dirk, the randy geriatric giant tortoise, has left his keepers shell-shocked after fathering eight babies at the grand age of 70. The virile reptile, named after the porn star Dirk Diggler from Boogie Nights, has been 'at it' most of the year with three females he shares a pen with.
In March it was revealed that two baby tortoises had hatched from eggs laid by 21-year-old female Charlie at Crocodiles of the World in Oxfordshire. That was the first time a British zoo had successfully bred a Giant Galapagos tortoise.
After that Dirk mated with female Isabella who laid four eggs which hatched in July. Charlie, again, then laid two more eggs fertilised by Dirk and these have recently hatched.
