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Coming Out Of Their Shells: Extinct Wild Giant Tortoises Return To The Galapagos Islands

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TNT Tribune

Publication Date
2021-03-09

A group of 191 critically endangered Hood Island giant tortoises was released in the Galapagos Islands to replace the species that went extinct 150 years ago because of whale hunters and pirates.

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https://tntribune.com/video-coming-out-of-their-shells-extinct-wild-giant-tortoises-return-to-the-galapagos-islands/