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Madagascar’s radiated tortoises have personalities, too

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Mongabay.com

Publication Date
2017-08-09

Endemic to Madagascar, radiated tortoises are Critically Endangered due largely to poaching for the illegal pet trade. Looking at how corticosterone changes in a tortoise, scientists uncover two distinct personality types in the radiated tortoise. Biologists argue that individual animals consistently react to different circumstances based on their personality.

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