Giant Tortoises On This Remote Atoll Now Outnumber The Human Population Of Seychelles

The Aldabra giant tortoise, or simply giant tortoise, is one of the world’s largest tortoises. Historically, these tortoises lived on many western Indian Ocean islands, including Madagascar, and the fossil record shows that giant tortoises once lived on every continent and many islands except Antarctica. Many of these Indian Ocean species were thought to have been driven to extinction by European sailors, and by 1840 they were apparently all extinct, with one exception: the Aldabran giant tortoise.

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One of the largest tortoises in the world, the Aldabra giant is a living reminder of a time when its relatives roamed almost every continent