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Couple new parents to 4 babies at nearly 100 years old? It happened in Philadelphia
OK, so the parents are endangered Galapagos tortoises. The Philadelphia Zoo shared the happy news about its oldest and most ...
An Endangered Galápagos Tortoise Is a First-Time Mother at 100
Mommy, a Western Santa Cruz tortoise, recently welcomed four hatchlings at the Philadelphia Zoo, where she has lived since ...
Galapagos tortoises at Philadelphia Zoo become first-time parents at nearly 100
A pair of critically endangered, nearly 100-year-old Galapagos tortoises at the Philadelphia Zoo have become first-time ...
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Philadelphia Zoo's oldest resident gives birth to 4 critically endangered tortoises
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The Philadelphia Zoo is celebrating a world record. Four critically endangered western Santa Cruz ...
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100-year-old tortoise at Philadelphia Zoo makes history becoming a first-time mom
The Philadelphia Zoo was stunned after it welcomed a historic birth by a pair of critically endangered giant tortoises aged about 100 years old. Abrazzo and Mommy, two Western Santa Cruz Galapagos ...
Zoo's oldest resident becomes 1st-time parent, welcomes 4 baby tortoises
The first of the four hatchlings, all female, began to emerge from its white, hard-shelled egg on Feb. 27, the zoo said. The ...
97-Year-Old Reptile Hatches 4 Babies and Becomes Oldest First-Time Mom of Her Species
Mommy, a 97-year-old Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise, became the oldest first-time mom of her species after she welcomed four ...
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'Seemingly impossible': Endangered tortoise becomes first-time mom at about 100 years old
A roughly 100-year-old western Santa Cruz Galápagos tortoise has become a mom for the first time after reproducing with a ...
Philadelphia Zoo announces hatching of its first Galapagos tortoise babies
The Philadelphia Zoo announced the hatching of four critically endangered Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises, the first ...
100 years in the making: Endangered tortoises welcome 4 hatchlings at Philly Zoo
Four 2025 hatchlings of critically endangered Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises at the Philadelphia Zoo are being hailed ...
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Four critically endangered Galápagos tortoises hatch at the Philadelphia Zoo
The birth of tortoises native to Santa Cruz Island in the Galápagos increases their U.S. population from 44 to 48. A few ...
Endangered tortoise, 97, welcomes four hatchlings at Philadelphia Zoo
Four rare Western Santa Cruz Galápagos tortoise hatchlings will go on public view at Philadelphia Zoo starting April 23.